Sublethal effect of agronomical surfactants on the spider
Pardosa agrestis

J 2016

Sublethal effect of agronomical surfactants on the spider Pardosa agrestis

NIEDOBOVÁ, Jana, Vladimír HULA and Radek MICHALKO

Basic information

Original name

Sublethal effect of agronomical surfactants on the spider Pardosa agrestis

Authors

NIEDOBOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Vladimír HULA (203 Czech Republic) and Radek MICHALKO (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Environmental Pollution, Elsevier Science, 2016, 0269-7491

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.099

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00089416

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.02.005

UT WoS

000377921800010

Keywords in English

Spider; Pardosa; Surfactant; Agrochemicals; Foraging behavior

Abstract

V originále

In addition to their active ingredients, pesticides contain also additives – surfactants. Use of surfactants has been increasing over the past decade, but their effects on non-target organisms, especially natural enemies of pests, have been studied only very rarely. The effect of three common agrochemical surfactants on the foraging behavior of the wolf spider Pardosa agrestis was studied in the laboratory. Differences in short-term, long-term, and overall cumulative predatory activities were investigated. We found that surfactant treatment significantly affected short-term predatory activity but had no effect on long-term predatory activity. The surfactants also significantly influenced the cumulative number of killed prey. We also found the sex-specific increase in cumulative kills after surfactants treatment. This is the first study showing that pesticide additives have a sublethal effect that can weaken the predatory activity of a potential biological control agent. More studies on the effects of surfactants are needed to understand how they affect beneficial organisms in agroecosystems.

Citovat

NIEDOBOVÁ, Jana, Vladimír HULA and Radek MICHALKO. Sublethal effect of agronomical surfactants on the spider Pardosa agrestis. Environmental Pollution. Elsevier Science, 2016, vol. 213, June, p. 84-89. ISSN 0269-7491. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.02.005.

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NIEDOBOVÁ, Jana, Vladimír HULA and Radek MICHALKO. Sublethal effect of agronomical surfactants on the spider Pardosa agrestis. \textit{Environmental Pollution}. Elsevier Science, 2016, vol.~213, June, p.~84-89. ISSN~0269-7491. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.02.005.

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