Journal Article

Dissipation of pesticides by stream biofilms is influenced by hydrological histories

Universitat de Girona = University of Girona (UdG), Romaní, Anna, Millan-Navarro, Debora, Proia, Lorenzo, Mazzella, Nicolas, Morin, Soizic, Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Creusot, Nicolas, Moreira, Aurélie, Batisson, Isabelle, Universitat de Vic, Menard, Yoann, Bertrans-Tubau, Lluís, Abril, Meritxell, Artigas, Joan, DeCoDry, Ecosystèmes aquatiques et changements globaux (UR EABX) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Ponsá, Sergio, Plateforme Bordeaux Metabolome ; Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-MetaboHUB-Bordeaux ; MetaboHUB-MetaboHUB

2023

Overview

Abstract To evaluate the effects of hydrological variability on pesticide dissipation capacity by stream biofilms, we conducted a microcosm study. We exposed biofilms to short and frequent droughts (daily frequency), long and less frequent droughts (weekly frequency) and permanently immersed controls, prior to test their capacities to dissipate a cocktail of pesticides composed of tebuconazole, terbuthylazine, imidacloprid, glyphosate and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid. A range of structural and functional descriptors of biofilms (algal and bacterial biomass, extracellular polymeric matrix (EPS) concentration, microbial respiration, phosphorus uptake and community-level physiological profiles) were measured to assess drought effects. In addition, various parameters were measured to characterise the dynamics of pesticide dissipation by biofilms in the different hydrological treatments (% dissipation, peak asymmetry, bioconcentration factor, among others). Results showed higher pesticide dissipation rates in biofilms exposed to short and frequent droughts, despite of their lower biomass and EPS concentration, compared to biofilms in immersed controls or exposed to long and less frequent droughts. High accumulation of hydrophobic pesticides (tebuconazole and terbuthylazine) was measured in biofilms despite the short exposure time (few minutes) in our open-flow microcosm approach. This research demonstrated the stream biofilms capacity to adsorb hydrophobic pesticides even in stressed drought environments.

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell,CCSD
• ISBN: 0010926412000