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Species Sensitivity Distributions of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Fludioxonil-Spiked Sediment Toxicity Tests

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The fungicide fludioxonil, given its physicochemical properties, potentially accumulates and persists in sediments. Fludioxonil has a widespread agricultural use to control various fungal diseases. Its residues may cause toxic effects to benthic aquatic fauna, thereby impacting ecosystem service functions of aquatic ecosystems. To assess the potential environmental effects of fludioxonil in the sediment compartment of edge-of-field surface waters, sediment-spiked single-species toxicity tests with benthic macroinvertebrates were performed. In all experiments artificial sediment was used with an organic carbon content of 2.43% on dry weight basis. The single-species tests were conducted with 8 benthic macroinvertebrates covering different taxonomic groups typical for the Yangtze River Delta, China. The 28d-EC10 and 28-LC10 values thus obtained were used to construct species sensitivity distributions (SSDs). In addition, our dataset was supplemented with 28d-EC10 and 28-LC10 values for 8 different benthic invertebrates from a study in the Netherlands that used field-collected sediment. Based on SSDs constructed with 28d-EC10 or 28d-LC10 values hazardous concentrations to 5% of the species tested (HC5’s) were obtained. The HC5 values based on the toxicity tests from China were lower than those from the Netherlands, although 95% confidence bands overlapped. The HC5 values derived from the separate datasets from China and the Netherlands, as well as from the combined dataset, were compared to the Tier-3 Regulatory Acceptable Concentrations (RAC) for fludioxonil and the benthic invertebrate community derived from a sediment-spiked outdoor microcosm experiment conducted in the Netherlands. The HC5 values obtained appeared to be lower than this Tier-3 RAC when expressed in terms of total sediment concentration, but not always when expressed in terms of pore water concentrations.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN) (Grant nos. 21007060) and the Ji Yang college of Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University Science developmental foundation (Grant nos. 4251700015) and Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (CN) (Grant nos. LY14B070014).

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  1. College of Advanced Agriculture Science, Zhe Jiang Agriculture and Forestry University, 666 Wu Su Street, Lin’an, Hangzhou, 311300, Zhe Jiang, China

    Jian Sun, Xiao Hui Yin & Guo Nian Zhu

  2. JiYang College of Zhe Jiang Agriculture and Forestry University, 77 Pu Yang road, Zhu Ji, Hang Zhou, 311800, China

    Peng Fei Xiao & Guo Nian Zhu

  3. Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Theo C. M. Brock

  4. Center for Administration of Equine Disease-Free Zone in Tonglu County, Hang Zhou, 311500, China

    Kun Zhang

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J Sun conducted most laboratory toxicity tests in China; XH Yin and J Sun designed these experiments; PF Xiao, GN Zhu and K Zhang assisted in the experiments and in raising funds; XH Yin and Theo Brock analyzed most of toxicity data; XH Yin and J Sun wrote earlier drafts of the manuscript and Theo Brock contributed substantially by editing these drafts.

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Sun, J., Xiao, P.F., Yin, X.H. et al. Species Sensitivity Distributions of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Fludioxonil-Spiked Sediment Toxicity Tests. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 82, 569–580 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-022-00933-8

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