{"title":"Chemical composition of invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) impacts developmental stages of Bufotes sitibundus: threat of an invasive plant to the amphibian species.","authors":"Alireza Pesarakloo, Fakhrossadat Mousavizadeh, Sayed Jamal Mirkamali, Masoumeh Najibzadeh, Milad Esmaeilbeigi","doi":"10.1007/s10646-025-02923-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-025-02923-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Invasive species threaten biodiversity by disrupting biological interactions. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is recognized as one of the world's top 100 weed species and among the ten worst aquatic weeds. This study examines the impact of extracts from this non-native invasive plant on the survival, growth, and metamorphosis of Bufotes sitibundus larvae, a species of anuran amphibian. Due to the presence of phenolic compounds and heavy metals, invasive plants can significantly affect anuran development, yet these threats remain largely unstudied in amphibians. We observed increased mortality in larvae exposed to water hyacinth extracts, which we attribute to reduced oxygen availability linked to high concentrations of phenolic compounds, such as (E)-23-ethylcholesta-5,22-dien-3.beta.-ol and 3-Hydroxyspirost-8-en-11-one, as well as the terpenoid gibberellin A3. These phenolic compounds may impair gill function, contributing to decreased survival rates. Additionally, the presence of heavy metals in the extracts adversely impacts survival, growth, body length, and metamorphosis. The invasive water hyacinth can lead to significant alterations in pond ecosystems, producing both direct and indirect effects on amphibian survival. Our findings offer crucial insights into the effects of water hyacinth extracts on amphibians, encompassing egg development, growth, mortality, and metamorphosis, potentially impacting the biology and ecology of Bufotes sitibundus during the critical developmental stages.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"1406-1418"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144552601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-07-03DOI: 10.1007/s10646-025-02924-6
Clisley Marielly Ribeiro Lameira, Anna Karolina Gomes Oliveira, Daniela Carolina Antes, Cassiano Aparecido de Souza, Patricia Aline Bressiani, Mariah Pereira Rosa da Silva, Ana Carolina Pires Moreira, Ana Paula de Oliveira Schmitz, Juan Carlos Pokrywiecki, Ticiane Sauer Pokrywiecki, Fernando César Manosso, Eduardo Michel Vieira Gomes, Rodrigo Lingnau, Gisele Arruda, Franciele Aní Caovilla Follador, Igor Vivian de Almeida, Elisângela Düsman
{"title":"Integrated assessment of water quality: influence of physicochemical parameters and ecotoxicological impacts under different flow conditions of lonqueador river, Southern Brazil.","authors":"Clisley Marielly Ribeiro Lameira, Anna Karolina Gomes Oliveira, Daniela Carolina Antes, Cassiano Aparecido de Souza, Patricia Aline Bressiani, Mariah Pereira Rosa da Silva, Ana Carolina Pires Moreira, Ana Paula de Oliveira Schmitz, Juan Carlos Pokrywiecki, Ticiane Sauer Pokrywiecki, Fernando César Manosso, Eduardo Michel Vieira Gomes, Rodrigo Lingnau, Gisele Arruda, Franciele Aní Caovilla Follador, Igor Vivian de Almeida, Elisângela Düsman","doi":"10.1007/s10646-025-02924-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-025-02924-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intensive land use and unplanned urban expansion have placed increasing demands and growing stresses on water resources. This study presents an integrated assessment of water quality in the Lonqueador River in southwestern Paraná, Brazil, combining physicochemical analyses and ecotoxicological assays using multiple bioindicators. Water samples were collected at seven sites (P1 to P7) distributed along the river, from its source in the municipality of Marmeleiro to its confluence with the Marrecas River in the urban area of Francisco Beltrão. P1 and P2 represent predominantly agricultural and forested areas, while P3 reflects a transitional zone characterized by expanding urban development, industrial activity, and a major road junction. P4 covers a peri-urban area, and P5, P6, and P7 lie in fully urbanized zones. Sampling campaigns were conducted during high-flow (H) and low-flow (L) periods. The water samples showed inhibition growth and development of Aspergillus nidulans (P1 to P7, H and L, except P4H and P6H), mortality/immobility of Artemia salina (P6L, P7L, P3H), escape of Eisenia fetida worms (P7L), cytotoxicity to Huh7.5 cells (P7L), emergence of nuclear alterations (P1H, P2 H and L, P3H, P5 H and L, P7L) and micronucleus (P1H, P2H, P3H, P4H, P5H, P7H) in Lithobates catesbeianus, and cytotoxic (P1H, P2H, P5H, P7H) and mutagenic (P5L) effect on Allium cepa. Heavy metals, particularly manganese, were detected in higher concentrations during high flow, whereas hormones E1, E2, and EE2 were more frequent during low flow. These findings highlight the importance of integrated approaches for monitoring and managing water quality in watersheds.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"1419-1446"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144559519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2025-09-25DOI: 10.1007/s10646-025-02971-z
Lam Kong, Wing-Fai Lu, Ka-Lai Pang
{"title":"Toxicity of organic (benzophenone-3) and inorganic (titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles) ultraviolet filters on growth and metabolic activity of fungi cultured from the marine shallow-water hydrothermal vents of Kueishan Island, Taiwan.","authors":"Lam Kong, Wing-Fai Lu, Ka-Lai Pang","doi":"10.1007/s10646-025-02971-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-02971-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145136995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2025-09-25DOI: 10.1007/s10646-025-02969-7
Luis Phelipe de Souza Miranda, Vitória Colucci Oliveira, Liah Chiuratto Buba, Eduarda Roberta Bordin, Marta Margarete Cestari
{"title":"Toxicological aspects of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their impact on fishes: A review.","authors":"Luis Phelipe de Souza Miranda, Vitória Colucci Oliveira, Liah Chiuratto Buba, Eduarda Roberta Bordin, Marta Margarete Cestari","doi":"10.1007/s10646-025-02969-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-02969-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145136974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2025-09-25DOI: 10.1007/s10646-025-02972-y
Alexandra Frossard, Gabriel Carvalho Coppo, Adriana Regina Chippari-Gomes
{"title":"Assessment of metal bioaccumulation and genotoxic damage on a protected nesting beach of Caretta Caretta after a mining dam rupture in Brazil.","authors":"Alexandra Frossard, Gabriel Carvalho Coppo, Adriana Regina Chippari-Gomes","doi":"10.1007/s10646-025-02972-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-02972-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145136911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2025-09-25DOI: 10.1007/s10646-025-02956-y
Arnoldo Ángel Martín Quero, Gisela Laura Poletta, Nora Bibiana María Gorla
{"title":"Effect on plasma cholinesterase levels and biomarkers of genotoxicity in hatchling quails from eggs treated with Chlorpyrifos during incubation.","authors":"Arnoldo Ángel Martín Quero, Gisela Laura Poletta, Nora Bibiana María Gorla","doi":"10.1007/s10646-025-02956-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-02956-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145136979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2025-09-20DOI: 10.1007/s10646-025-02966-w
Jingwei Wang, Yingze Jiang, Quan Jia, Pan Zhao, Haowu Kang, Huatao Huang, Yubin Deng, Hang Yu, Dan Xu, Qiao Ma
{"title":"Response of bacterial communities to benzalkonium chloride exposure in marine sediment systems.","authors":"Jingwei Wang, Yingze Jiang, Quan Jia, Pan Zhao, Haowu Kang, Huatao Huang, Yubin Deng, Hang Yu, Dan Xu, Qiao Ma","doi":"10.1007/s10646-025-02966-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-02966-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145091264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2025-09-17DOI: 10.1007/s10646-025-02964-y
Kimberly Costa Dias, Carlos Frederico Ceccon Lanes, Marta da Costa Klosterhoff, Clara de Carvalho Silva, Mariana Gimenez Dos Santos, Diogo Ferreira Bicca, Francielli Weber Santos Cibin
{"title":"Toxic effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on tetra (Astyanax lacustris).","authors":"Kimberly Costa Dias, Carlos Frederico Ceccon Lanes, Marta da Costa Klosterhoff, Clara de Carvalho Silva, Mariana Gimenez Dos Santos, Diogo Ferreira Bicca, Francielli Weber Santos Cibin","doi":"10.1007/s10646-025-02964-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-02964-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145074383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}