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Decomposition analysis of LTREs may facilitate the design of short-term ecotoxicological tests
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| title: | Decomposition analysis of LTREs may facilitate the design of short-term ecotoxicological tests |
| author: | Hamda Natnael Tesfaye  , Jevtić Dragan M., Laskowski Ryszard
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| journal title: | Ecotoxicology |
| volume: | 21 |
| issue: | 5 |
| date of publication : | 2012 |
| pages: | 1504-1512 |
| ISSN: |
0963-9292 |
| eISSN: |
1573-3017 |
| DOI: | |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in other languages: | This study compared two methods, based on re-analyzed data from a partly published life table response experiment (LTRE), to help determine the optimal approach for designing ecotoxicological assessments. The 36-day LTRE data recorded the toxic effects of cadmium (Cd) and imidacloprid, alone and in combination, on the reproduction and survivorship of aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris). We used this data to construct an age-classified matrix model (six age classes, each 6 days long) to estimate aphid population growth rate (lambda) under each treatment. For each treatment, an elasticity analysis and a demographic decomposition analysis were performed, and results were compared. Despite different results expected from the two toxicants, the elasticity values were very similar. The elasticity of lambda with respect to survival was highest in the first age class, and that with respect to fertility was highest in the second age class. The demographic decomposition analysis examined how changes in life-history traits contributed to differences in lambda between control and treated populations (Delta lambda). This indicated that the most important contributors to Delta lambda were the differences in survival (resulting from both demographic sensitivity and toxicity) in the first and the second age classes of aphids and differences in fertility in the third and the fourth age classes. Additionally, the toxicants acted differently. Cd reduced Delta lambda by impairing fertility at third age class and reducing survivorship from the second to the third age class. Imidacloprid mostly reduced survivorship at the first and second age classes. The elasticity and decomposition analyses showed different results, because these methods addressed different questions about the interaction of organism life history and sensitivity to toxicants. This study indicated that the LTRE may be useful for designing individual-level ecotoxicological experiments that account for both the effects of the toxicant and the demographic sensitivity of the organism. |
| keywords in English: | life table response experiment, decomposition analysis, matrix population model, Acyrthosiphon pisum, elasticity, ecotoxicological assays |
| affiliation: | Wydział Biologii i Nauk o Ziemi : Instytut Nauk o Środowisku |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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