Comparative toxicity of imidacloprid, of its commercial liquid formulation and of diazinon to a non-target arthropod, the microcrustacean Daphnia magna

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 68; no. 8; pp. 1408 - 1418
• Main Authors: Jemec, Anita, Tišler, Tatjana, Drobne, Damjana, Sepčić, Kristina, Fournier, Didier, Trebše, Polonca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2007; Elsevier
• Subjects: adverse effects; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; application rate; Applied ecology; aquatic habitat; Arthropoda; Biological and medical sciences; Catalase; Catalase - metabolism; chemistry; Cholinesterase; Cholinesterases; Cholinesterases - metabolism; chronic toxicity; Confidor SL 200; Daphnia; Daphnia - drug effects; Daphnia - enzymology; Daphnia - growth & development; Daphnia magna; diazinon; Diazinon - chemistry; Diazinon - toxicity; drug effects; ecotoxicology; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on protozoa and invertebrates; environmental exposure; enzymology; fecundity; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glutathione S-transferase; Glutathione Transferase; Glutathione Transferase - metabolism; growth & development; imidacloprid; Imidazoles; Imidazoles - chemistry; Imidazoles - toxicity; Insecticides; Insecticides - chemistry; Insecticides - toxicity; metabolism; mortality; Neonicotinoids; Nitro Compounds; Nitro Compounds - chemistry; Nitro Compounds - toxicity; nontarget organisms; pesticide formulations; Risk; toxicity; Toxicity Tests, Chronic; water pollution; Confidor SL 200; Catalase; Glutathione S-transferase; Cholinesterase; Toxicity; Cladocera; Esterases; Diazinon; Crustacea; Reproduction; Enzymatic activity; Glutathione transferase; Formulation; Branchiopoda; Ecotoxicology; Enzyme; Pollutant behavior; Transferases; Toxicity test; Survival; Carboxylic ester hydrolases; Chronic; Peroxidases; Arthropoda; Hydrolases; Oxidoreductases; Imidacloprid; Invertebrata; Non target organism; Daphnia magna

Imidacloprid (IMI) is at the moment the insecticide with the world’s fastest growing sales and is considered possible replacement for the widely used organophosphorus pesticide, diazinon, which is subject to phased revocation in many countries. In this study, biochemical, reproductive and survival p...