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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26190-3
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Aquaculture; Behavior; Brachionus koreanus; Metals; Monogonont rotifer; Swimming capacity
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This study investigated the effects of stressors on two strains of B. koreanus (MRS10 and IBA3) from the B. plicatilis species complex. The results showed that IBA3 was more tolerant to the stressors compared to MRS10, and swimming capacity inhibition proved to be a sensitive alternative to traditional lethality tests for lower concentrations and shorter exposure periods.
Brachionus plicatilis is a cosmopolitan rotifer used as a model organism in several research areas and as live food in aquaculture. Being a species complex, responses to stressors vary even among strains of the same species and, thus, the responses of one species are not representative of the whole complex. This study aimed to address the effects of extreme salinity ranges, and different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, copper, cadmium, and chloramphenicol, in two strains of B. koreanus (MRS10 and IBA3) from B. plicatilis species complex, by assessing effects on their survival and swimming capacity. Neonates (0-4 h old) were exposed to the stressors in 48 well-microplates, for 24 and 6 h, to evaluate lethal and behavioural effects, respectively. Tested conditions of chloramphenicol did not show any effects on rotifers. The behavioural endpoint showed to be particularly sensitive to assess the effects of high salinity, hydrogen peroxide, and copper sulfate, as swimming capacity impairment was observed for both strains in the lowest concentrations used in lethal tests. Overall, results showed that IBA3 was more tolerant to the majority of stressors, comparing to MRS10, which may be due to differences in physiological characteristics, highlighting the importance of performing multiclonal experiments. Also, swimming capacity inhibition proved to be a good alternative to the classical lethality tests, being sensitive to lower concentrations and with shorter exposure periods.
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