Richness and density of aquatic benthic macroinvertebrates after exposure to fungicides and insecticides in rice paddy fields



Document title: Richness and density of aquatic benthic macroinvertebrates after exposure to fungicides and insecticides in rice paddy fields
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000418100
ISSN: 0001-3765
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Centro de Ciencias Rurais, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Centro de Ciencias Naturais e Exatas, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
3Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Quimica, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
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Season: Mar
Volumen: 89
Number: 1
Pages: 355-369
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract The objective of this study was to verify the richness and density of aquatic benthic macroinvertebrates after exposure to fungicides and insecticides of the rice paddy fields. In the crop seasons of 2012/13 and 2013/14, field experiments were performed, which consisted of single-dose applications of the fungicides trifloxystrobin + tebuconazole and tricyclazole, and the insecticides lambda-cyhalothrin + thiamethoxam and diflubenzuron, in 10 m2 experimental plots, over rice plants in the R3 stage. Control plots with and without rice plants were maintained in order to simulate a natural environment. Soil samples were collected during rice cultivation for assessment of the macroinvertebrate fauna. Chemical-physical parameters assessed in the experiments included temperature, pH and oxygen dissolved in the water and pesticide persistence in the water and in the soil. The application of a single dose of the pesticides and fungicides in the recommended period does not cause significant negative effects over the richness and density of the macroinvertebrates. Tebuconazole, tricyclazole and thiamethoxam showed high persistence in the irrigation water of rice paddy fields. Thus, the doses and number of applications of these products in crops should be carefully handled in order to avoid contamination of the environment
Disciplines: Biología,
Agrociencias
Keyword: Ecología,
Plaguicidas,
Contaminación del agua,
Riqueza de especies,
Densidad poblacional,
Macroinvertebrados acuáticos,
Arroz,
Oryza sativa
Keyword: Ecology,
Pesticides,
Water pollution,
Species richness,
Population density,
Aquatic macroinvertebrates,
Rice,
Oryza sativa
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