Wastewater effluent affects behaviour and metabolomic endpoints in damselfly larvae
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12520%2F22%3A43904850" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12520/22:43904850 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10805-9" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10805-9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10805-9" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-022-10805-9</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Wastewater effluent affects behaviour and metabolomic endpoints in damselfly larvae
Original language description
Wastewater treatment plant effluents have been identified as a major contributor to increasing anthropogenic pollution in aquatic environments worldwide. Yet, little is known about the potentially adverse effects of wastewater treatment plant effluent on aquatic invertebrates. In this study, we assessed effects of wastewater effluent on the behaviour and metabolic profiles of damselfly larvae (Coenagrion hastulatum), a common aquatic invertebrate species. Four key behavioural traits: activity, boldness, escape response, and foraging (traits all linked tightly to individual fitness) were studied in larvae before and after one week of exposure to a range of effluent dilutions (0, 50, 75, 100%). Effluent exposure reduced activity and foraging, but generated faster escape response. Metabolomic analyses via targeted and non-targeted mass spectrometry methods revealed that exposure caused significant changes to 14 individual compounds (4 amino acids, 3 carnitines, 3 lysolipids, 1 peptide, 2 sugar acids, 1 sugar). Taken together, these compound changes indicate an increase in protein metabolism and oxidative stress. Our findings illustrate that wastewater effluent can affect both behavioural and physiological traits of aquatic invertebrates, and as such might pose an even greater threat to aquatic ecosystems than previously assumed. More long-term studies are now needed evaluate if these changes are linked to adverse effects on fitness. The combination of behavioural and metabolomic assessments provide a promising tool for detecting effects of wastewater effluent, on multiple biological levels of organisation, in aquatic ecosystems.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-09951S" target="_blank" >GA20-09951S: Exciting freshwaters - complex responses of aquatic animals to psychoactive substances present in urbanized waters</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Scientific Reports
ISSN
2045-2322
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
nestrankovano
UT code for WoS article
000787775900076
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85128919569