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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1305618110
Titel (primär) Pesticides reduce regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates
Autor Beketov, M.A.; Kefford, B.J.; Schäfer, R.B.; Liess, M.
Quelle Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
Department OEKOTOX
Band/Volume 110
Heft 27
Seite von 11039
Seite bis 11043
Sprache englisch
Supplements https://www.pnas.org/highwire/filestream/612982/field_highwire_adjunct_files/0/pnas.201305618SI.pdf
Keywords environmental impacts;environmental risk assessment;plant protection products;macroinvertebrates;spatial scale
UFZ Querschnittsthemen TERENO; RU3;
Abstract

The biodiversity crisis is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, but our understanding of the drivers remains limited. Thus, after decades of studies and regulation efforts, it remains unknown whether to what degree and at what concentrations modern agricultural pesticides cause regional-scale species losses. We analyzed the effects of pesticides on the regional taxa richness of stream invertebrates in Europe (Germany and France) and Australia (southern Victoria). Pesticides caused statistically significant effects on both the species and family richness in both regions, with losses in taxa up to 42% of the recorded taxonomic pools. Furthermore, the effects in Europe were detected at concentrations that current legislation considers environmentally protective. Thus, the current ecological risk assessment of pesticides falls short of protecting biodiversity, and new approaches linking ecology and ecotoxicology are needed.

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Beketov, M.A., Kefford, B.J., Schäfer, R.B., Liess, M. (2013):
Pesticides reduce regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 110 (27), 11039 - 11043 10.1073/pnas.1305618110