Effect of lindane on the clearance rate of daphnia magna

EM Hartgers; EH Heugens; JW Deneer

doi:10.1007/pl00006612

Effect of lindane on the clearance rate of daphnia magna

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 1999 May;36(4):399-404. doi: 10.1007/pl00006612.

Authors

EM Hartgers¹, EH Heugens, JW Deneer

Affiliation

¹ Wageningen Agricultural University, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, P.O. Box 8080, 6700 DD Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 10227859
DOI: 10.1007/pl00006612

Abstract

The impact of the insecticide lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane) on the clearance rate (CR) of Daphnia magna was investigated using artificial beads. CR (24-h EC50: 65 &mgr;g L-1) was found to be a more sensitive endpoint than acute lethality for D. magna (48-h LC50: 516 &mgr;g L-1). The onset of the effect was rapid; after 2 h of exposure to approximately 241 &mgr;g L-1 of lindane a significant decrease in CR was observed. Daphnids recovered rapidly after transfer to clean water; after 24 h of exposure to approximately 250 &mgr;g L-1 lindane, transfer into clean water resulted in recovery to 80% of control levels within 2 h and complete recovery within 24 h.