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Effects of the herbicide Roundup® on the metabolic activity of Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836 (Crustacea; Amphipoda)

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von Fumetti, Stefanie ; Blaurock, Katharina:
Effects of the herbicide Roundup® on the metabolic activity of Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836 (Crustacea; Amphipoda).
In: Ecotoxicology. Vol. 27 (2018) Issue 9 . - pp. 1249-1260.
ISSN 1573-3017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-018-1978-5

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Pesticides can easily reach surface waters via runoff and their potential to have detrimental impacts on freshwater organisms is high. Not much is known about how macroinvertebrates react to glyphosate contamination. In this study we investigated lethal and sublethal effects of the exposure of Gammarus fossarum to Roundup®, a glyphosate-based herbicide. The LC10 and LC50 values after 96 h were determined to be 0.65 ml/L Roundup® (230 mg/L glyphosate) and 0.96 ml/L Roundup® (340 mg/L glyphosate), respectively. As a sublethal measure of toxicity we conducted eight experiments with the feeding activity and the respiratory electron transport system (ETS) activity as endpoints. All experiments lasted seven days. Although the LC10 concentration of Roundup® was used for the feeding activity tests, 49% of the gammarids died before the end of the experiments, which is inconsistent with the calculated LC10-values. The feeding activity was significantly higher in Roundup®-enriched water (mean = 0.18 mg/mg x d) in comparison to pure spring water (mean = 0.079 mg/mg x d). No significant difference was observed between the ETS activity, which was determined after 24, 48 or 96 h after the start of the experiment, of the gammarids in Roundup® solution and in the control. The LC-values determined here are rather high, and exceed background glyphosate concentrations in most anthropogenically influenced surface waters. The increased feeding activity when exposed to Roundup® in combination with an unchanged ETS activity suggests effects on the metabolic efficiency of G. fossarum. We argue that Roundup® enhances the anabolic activity (feeding activity) in order to maintain the catabolic activity (ETS activity).

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Keywords: Ecotoxicology; RoundUp; Glyphosate; Gammarus
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Hydrology
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Hydrology > Chair Hydrology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Peiffer
Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences
Result of work at the UBT: No
DDC Subjects: 500 Science > 500 Natural sciences
500 Science > 550 Earth sciences, geology
Date Deposited: 03 Aug 2021 06:26
Last Modified: 03 Aug 2021 06:26
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/66732