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Effects of water temperature and light intensity on the acute toxicity of herbicide thiobencarb to a green alga, Raphidocelis subcapitata

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The present study investigated how principal environmental factors such as temperature and light intensity change the toxicological properties of thiobencarb (TB) herbicide to the green alga, Raphidocelis subcapitata. At first, we investigated the inhibitory effect of TB (0, 15.6, 31.2, 62.4, and 125 μg L−1) on growth of R. subcapitata at five temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 °C) for 144 h exposure and calculated 72- and 144-h effective concentration values (EC10, 20, and EC50) for growth rate. All EC values significantly decreased with an increasing temperature. The maximum quantum yield of photosystem II in R. subcapitata exposed to 125 μg L−1 of TB was also significantly inhibited with increased temperature. These physiological effects could explain the lower EC values at high temperatures. Then, single and interactive effects of TB, temperature, and light intensity on growth rate were investigated by three-way of analysis of variance. As a result, single and interactive effects were detected in all explanatory variables. These results suggest that temperature and light intensity change the acute toxicity parameter in R. subcapitata exposed to TB and must be considered in evaluating the risk of TB.

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This study was supported in part by the Research Grant for Young Investigators of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan and the JSPS Core-to-Core Program (B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms) “Collaborative Project for Soil and Water Conservation in Southeast Asian Watersheds”.

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  1. Department of Zoology (Fisheries Branch), Faculty of Life and Earth science, Jagannath University, Dhaka, 1100, Bangladesh

    Rumana Tasmin

  2. Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi–ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Yohei Shimasaki, Koki Mukai, Mst Ruhina Margia Khanam, Ik-Joon Kang & Yuji Oshima

  3. Laboratory of Silviculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Michito Tsuyama

  4. Institute of Environmental Health and Ecological Security, School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China

    Xuchun Qiu

  5. Department of Hygiene, Management and Zonooses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

    Fatma Khalil

  6. Laboratory of Pesticide Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Naotaka Yamada

  7. Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai-machi 3-5-8, Fuchu-city, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan

    Shinji Fukuda

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Tasmin, R., Shimasaki, Y., Tsuyama, M. et al. Effects of water temperature and light intensity on the acute toxicity of herbicide thiobencarb to a green alga, Raphidocelis subcapitata. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 25363–25370 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2599-5

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