title: Differential sensitivity of two green algae, Scenedesmus obliqnus and Chlorella pyrenoidosa, to 12 pesticides.
abstract: Growth-inhibiting tests were carried out for 12 pesticides (including 11 fungicides: fosetyl-aluminum, benomyl, metalaxyl, iprodione, dimetachlone, carbendazim, thiophanate-methyl, bismerthiazol, procymidone, zineb, chlorothalonil, and the acaricide abamectin) in the green algae Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus obliqnus and the differential sensitivities of the two green algae to those pesticides were compared. The results indicate that the acute toxicity of benomyl to C. pyrenoidosa and S. obliqnus is the highest among all of the pesticides tested and is close to that of the photosynthesis-inhibiting herbicides atrazine, simazine, and chlorotoluron. Meanwhile, algal species vary widely in their response to the pesticides. The results demonstrated that there was a differential response to various pesticides by the two species of algae and that the sensitivity of various species of algae exposed to chlorothalonil varied by nearly two orders of magnitude; sensitivity to thiophanate-methyl varied by more than one order. Investigations using different algal species as test organisms have demonstrated that algae vary greatly in their response to chemicals. Differential sensitivity of green species to the compounds could induce species shifts within communities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Resource and Environment, Zhejiang Forestry College, Linan, 311300, People's Republic of China. mjyzjhgy@sina.com
authors.forename: Jianyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Rongquan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Ligen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shufeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods; D002708:Chlorella / Q000187:drug effects*; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000187:drug effects*; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical