The Toxicity Of The Antiparasitic Amitraz In Tropical Soils On The Reproduction Of Edaphic Organisms

Authors

  • Tamires Rodrigues dos Reis Department of Animal Science, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC Oeste, SC, Brazil
  • Julia Corá Segat Department of Animal Science, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC Oeste, SC, Brazil
  • Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso University of São Paulo, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, Soil Science Department, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Dilmar Baretta Department of Animal Science, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC Oeste, SC, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5132/eec.2023.01.03

Keywords:

Environmental toxicology, soil contamination, terrestrial invertebrate ecotoxicology

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the effect of environmental toxicity of increasing doses of the antiparasitic amitraz on the survival and reproduction of Folsomia candida and Enchytraeus crypticus.  The addition of increasing doses of amitraz caused a significant reduction in the survival and reproduction of the population of adults and juveniles of F. candida, in the natural soil tested, although, for TAS, the reduction was significant only for juvenile individuals. However, the species E. crypticus did not show any sensitivity to exposure to amitraz in all tested soils. We concluded that the addition of increasing doses of this antiparasitic substance can cause imbalance on the terrestrial ecosystem, since it is harmful to at least one member (and perhaps more) of the springtail family, an important edaphic species, whose members play many relevant functions for the maintenance of soil fertility and quality.

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Published

03-07-2023

How to Cite

Rodrigues dos Reis, T., Corá Segat, J., Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso, E., & Baretta, D. (2023). The Toxicity Of The Antiparasitic Amitraz In Tropical Soils On The Reproduction Of Edaphic Organisms. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination, 18(1), 12–19. https://doi.org/10.5132/eec.2023.01.03

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