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AquaTerra
Project
Project code: JKI-ÖPV-08-1350
Contract period: 01.06.2016
- 31.12.2017
Purpose of research: Applied research
Current risk assessment is based on single elements, and the risk of unacceptable impacts of anthropogenic chemicals for freshwater organisms is consequently assessed based on predicted or measured water exposures alone. However, most freshwater insects have terrestrial adult stages where reproduction is completed, and the majority of species reside within few meters of their freshwater habitats. Hence, adult insects residing in vegetated buffer strips along field margins are at risk of being exposed to agricultural pesticides via spray drift (direct exposure or via a.i. adsorbed to food and habitats). To date, no peer reviewed literature exists on this topic. In Aquaterra we quantify the sensitivity of 6 adult stream macroinvertebrate species to a pyrethroid and a neonicotinoid insecticide.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal health
- Wildlife Biology
- Agroecology
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Products Protection (JKI-ÖPV)
