Consistent effects of pesticides on community structure and ecosystem function in freshwater systems

Samantha L. Rumschlag; Michael B. Mahon; Jason T. Hoverman; Thomas R. Raffel; Hunter J. Carrick; Peter J. Hudson; Jason R. Rohr

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20192-2

Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Consistent effects of pesticides on community structure and ecosystem function in freshwater systems

Samantha L. Rumschlag,
Michael B. Mahon,
Jason T. Hoverman,
Thomas R. Raffel,
Hunter J. Carrick,
Peter J. Hudson,
Jason R. Rohr

Affiliations

Samantha L. Rumschlag: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Michael B. Mahon: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Jason T. Hoverman: Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
Thomas R. Raffel: Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University
Hunter J. Carrick: Department of Biology, Central Michigan University
Peter J. Hudson: Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
Jason R. Rohr: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20192-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The effects of pesticides on individual species could propagate into additional community-wide and ecosystem-level effects. Here the authors use a mesocosm experiment to test how a diverse array of herbicides and insecticides disrupt aquatic community structure and ecosystem function.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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