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Individual and Joint Toxicity of Three Chloroacetanilide Herbicides to Freshwater Cladoceran Daphnia carinata

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Individual and joint toxicity of three chloroacetanilide herbicides to a freshwater cladoceran were studied. The 48 h-LC50 values of alachlor, acetochlor and butachlor to Daphnia carinata Dc42 were 11.1, 11.8 and 3.45 mg L−1, respectively. The toxicity was significantly (p < 0.05) related to hydrophobicity. The additive indexes of binary mixtures of three herbicides were less than zero and it showed antagonism. The body length of D. carinata treated with high concentration of herbicides was shorter than that of control group significantly (p < 0.05). It suggests that joint actions must be considered when assessing the acute toxicity of chloroacetanilide herbicides to D. carinata.

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The project was co-funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31000246), the Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest of China (No. 201303141), the Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, Guangdong Province (No. GDKFL2012-12), and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 9451064201003803).

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    Hongzhi He, Guikui Chen, Jing Yu, Jinbo He, Xiaolong Huang, Shufeng Li, Qiu Guo, Tianhong Yu & Huashou Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, Guangdong Province, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, China

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He, H., Chen, G., Yu, J. et al. Individual and Joint Toxicity of Three Chloroacetanilide Herbicides to Freshwater Cladoceran Daphnia carinata . Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 90, 344–350 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0898-y

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