期刊
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
卷 102, 期 -, 页码 255-261出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.02.037
关键词
Antibiotic; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Inducible defenses; Swimming behavior; Grazing rate
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31300361, 31670440, U1133604, 31360152]
- Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment [2012ZX07102-003]
- Scientific Research and Technological Development Project of Yunnan [2012T001]
Environmental pollutants can negatively affect grazer-induced defenses in phytoplankton species and lead to the disruption of phytoplankton-zooplankton relationships. However, it is still not known whether norfloxacin (NOR), a widely used antibiotic, has such effects on plankton systems when released into the environment. Here, we investigated the colony-forming ability of the green alga Scenedesmus quadricauda as well as the behavior (hopping frequency and duration of quiescence) and grazing rate of the clado-ceran Daphnia magna, when exposed to different NOR concentrations (0,50,500, 5000 and 50,00 ug L-1), to determine the effects of NOR on the S. quadricauda-D. magna relationship. Colony size was generally unaffected by NOR but significantly increased when subjected to the stress of adding grazers; however, the combined effects of adding grazers and increasing NOR concentrations led to consistently decreased colony size compared to only adding grazers. The hopping frequency and the time spent on swimming of D. magna individuals decreased while their grazing rate increased with increasing NOR concentrations. Thus, NOR seemed to inhibit grazer-induced colony formation in S. quadricauda, resulting in more algal cells being consumed by grazers, despite inhibiting grazers' feeding behavior. Considering that phytoplankton-zooplankton interaction plays an important role in determining ecological process of aquatic ecosystems, ecosystem function might be more affected by NOR contamination than previously recognized. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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