Role of Temperature on Isoproturon Bioaccumulation and Effects on Two Freshwater Rooted Macrophytes:
Elodea densa and Ludwigia natans
Thierry Grollier, Agnès Feurtet-Mazel, Alain Boudou, Francis Ribeyre
The effects of temperature on the bioaccumulation of the phenylurea herbicide isoproturon (IPU) and on the growth inhibition
induced on two freshwater rooted macrophytes — Elodea densa and Ludwigia natans — were investigated
using indoor microcosms. The experimental protocol was based on five temperatures (12, 16, 20, 24, and 28°C) and two contamination
levels of the water column (30 and 60 µg IPU. liter-1), plus a control condition. Variations in temperature had little
effect on the decrease in [IPU] in the water column during the 21-day experiment. The IPU concentration in the two macrophyte species
was not significantly modified by the large range of temperatures when results were expressed using the concentration criterion. IPU burdens
in the E. densa cuttings, on the other hand, increased significantly when the temperature rose from 12 to 28°C; small differences
were observed between the two exposure conditions, in relation to the antagonistic effects of IPU and temperature on the growth of the cuttings.
Bioconcentration factors in the plants (stems + leaves) were close to 10 and 13 after exposure to 30 and 60 µg IPU . liter-1,
respectively.
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, v36, n3, April 1997, p205-212 (ID ES961496)
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