Pesticides reduce regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates

By M. Beketov, B. Kefford, Ralf B. Schäfer, M. Liess. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013

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Subfields: Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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A Sustainable Agricultural Future Relies on the Transition to Organic Agroecological Pest Management (2018, background): “Pesticide run-off into waterways also reduces stream invertebrate biodiversity, even when concentrations are at or below regulated levels [103].”
The Hidden and External Costs of Pesticide Use (2016, background): “Nevertheless, Beketov et al. ( 2013 ) found that pesticides had signifi cant effects on regional species and family richness in Germany, France and Australia, with up to 42 % of the taxa from the recorded taxonomic pools lost.”
Impacts of oil palm plantations on changes in environmental heterogeneity and Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) diversity (2017, background): “Despite the fact that riparian vegetation contributes to the conservation of aquatic ecosystems, the alteration of the landscape in the proximity of the buffer zone (PPA) results in an influx of stress factors, which are carried into the stream from the surrounding area (Fernandes et al. 2011; Beke”
Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates (2014, positive): “Here we discuss a number of studies dealing with neonicotinoid toxicity to aquatic invertebrates and make some observations about their potential impact on aquatic ecosystems.”
Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers (2019, background): “pesticides as primary factor responsible for the decline of birds in grasslands (Mineau and Whiteside, 2013) and aquatic organisms in streams (Beketov et al., 2013), with other factors contributing to or amplifying their effects to varying extent.”
Agricultural insecticides threaten surface waters at the global scale (2015, background): “A recent study (14) using field data obtained from Germany, France, and Australia showed that elevated pesticide levels affect regional freshwater invertebrate biodiversity.”
Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale (2014, background): “For this purpose, the CR per river basin was calculated using two risk thresholds, the acute risk threshold (ART) and the chronic risk threshold (CRT) for each organism group (SI Appendix, SI Methods for rationale).”