期刊
ECOTOXICOLOGY
卷 24, 期 5, 页码 1053-1063出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-015-1445-5
关键词
Life stages; Hatching; Growth; Full life cycle; Population growth rate; Soil ecotoxicology
资金
- European Funds through COMPETE
- National Funds through the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) [PEst-C/MAR/LA0017/2013]
- FUBIA [FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-008651, PTDC/AAC-CLI/103719/2008, BI/UI88/4494/2012]
Soil ecotoxicity standard tests for invertebrates are usually limited to the assessment of endpoints like survival and reproduction. Adverse effects may occur at other developmental stages, e.g. embryo development, hatching or growth. The species Enchytraeus crypticus is a model organism in the standard soil ecotoxicology test, where survival and reproduction are assessed. In the present study we optimized the test method to include additional endpoints. The proposed test started with synchronized age organisms', and included additionally hatching success, growth, maturation status and full life cycle. This allowed for the calculation of cocoon production and population growth rate. Results indicated that Cd is embryotoxic, main effect occurs on the embryo developmental stage and maturity. Further, the full life cycle test can discriminate between pre- and post-embryo formation. The increased sensitivity and full life cycle detail level makes it potentially useful for novel materials e.g. nanomaterials where the mode of action and hence effect target is unknown. [GRAPHICS] .
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