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A Tiered Ecological Risk Assessment of Caffeine by Using Species Sensitivity Distribution Method in the Nansi Lake Basin

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Caffeine has been reported toxic to aquatic organisms, and it frequently occurs at relatively high concentrations in most of surface waters. However, it is difficult to control caffeine pollution because of the lack of Water Quality Criteria (WQC). In this study, species sensitivity distribution method and Log-normal model were applied to derive caffeine WQC as 83.7 ng/L. Meanwhile, concentrations of caffeine in the Nansi Lake basin were detected in 29 sampling sites, with the mean of 99.3 ng/L. The levels of caffeine in tributaries were higher than those in the lakes. In addition, a tied ecological risk assessment method was applied to assess the adverse effect of caffeine on aquatic system. The joint probability curve indicated that ecological risk might exist 3.1% of surface water in the study area, while 5% threshold (HC5) was set up to protect aquatic species. Generally, caffeine posted a low risk to aquatic organisms in the Nansi Lake basin.

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The study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41671033).

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  1. State Environmental Protection Key laboratory of Dioxin Pollution, National Research Center of Environmental Analysis and Measurement, Beijing, 100029, China

    Lei Zheng, Sai Wang, Wenlong Yang, Yezhu Yin & Liang Dong

  2. Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100029, China

    Lei Zheng, Yinan Wu, Sai Wang, Wenlong Yang, Yezhu Yin & Liang Dong

  3. Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing, 100035, China

    Juan Zhang

  4. Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China

    Linlin Li & Yizhang Zhang

  5. PowerChina Beijing Engineering Corporation Limited, Beijing, 100024, China

    Junhong Ling

  6. Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Tianjin Binhai), Tianjin, 300457, China

    Yizhang Zhang

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Zheng, L., Zhang, J., Wu, Y. et al. A Tiered Ecological Risk Assessment of Caffeine by Using Species Sensitivity Distribution Method in the Nansi Lake Basin. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 110, 72 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-023-03697-6

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