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

Authors :
Samantha L. Rumschlag
Michael B. Mahon
Jason T. Hoverman
Thomas R. Raffel
Hunter J. Carrick
Peter J. Hudson
Jason R. Rohr
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9abbfe2485584beb8f1b3f221f05796d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20192-2