Multigenerational effects of nickel on Daphnia magna depend on temperature and the magnitude of the effect in the first generation

Multigenerational effects of nickel on Daphnia magna depend on temperature and the magnitude of the effect in the first generation

Ecological risk assessment is commonly based on single‐generation ecotoxicological tests that are usually performed at one standard temperature. We investigated the effects of nickel (Ni) on Daphnia magna reproduction at 15, 20, and 25 °C over 4 generations. Multigenerational Ni effects on D. magna...

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Published in:Environmental toxicology and chemistry Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 1877 - 1888
Main Authors: Pereira, Ceclia M.S., Everaert, Gert, Blust, Ronny, De Schamphelaere, Karel A.C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-07-2018
Subjects:
Aquatic toxicology
Daphnia magna
Ecological effects
Ecological risk assessment
High temperature
Low temperature
Metal accumulation
Multigenerational effects
Nickel
Risk assessment
Temperature
Temperature effects
Toxicity
Temperature
Nickel
Multigenerational effects
Aquatic toxicology
Metal accumulation
Ecological risk assessment
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Summary:Ecological risk assessment is commonly based on single‐generation ecotoxicological tests that are usually performed at one standard temperature. We investigated the effects of nickel (Ni) on Daphnia magna reproduction at 15, 20, and 25 °C over 4 generations. Multigenerational Ni effects on D. magna reproduction depended on the magnitude of the effect in the first generation (F0) and showed very different patterns at different temperatures. At low effect level concentrations (<10% effect concentration [EC10] in F0), chronic Ni toxicity at 15 and 20 °C did not increase over 4 generations, and the increase in Ni toxicity at 25 °C observed in F1 and F2 in some Ni treatments did not persist into F3, where complete recovery of reproduction was observed. At higher effect level concentrations, the multigenerational Ni effects depended on the test temperature. In F0, Ni toxicity was 6.5‐fold lower at 25 °C than at 15 °C (based on the median effect concentration), but the temperature effect on Ni toxicity was not explained by differences in Ni accumulation. At a lower temperature, lower internal Ni concentrations in D. magna were necessary to induce the same Ni toxicity as at a higher temperature. Overall, our results indicate that low single‐generation chronic effect concentrations of Ni in D. magna (EC10 in the present study) are also protective in a long‐term, multigenerational context and that temperature should be taken into account in the ecological risk assessment of Ni. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:1877–1888 © 2018 SETAC
ISSN:0730-7268
1552-8618
DOI:10.1002/etc.4135