Effects of Glyphosate and Polyoxyethylenamine on Growth and Energetic Reserves in the Freshwater Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Parastacidae)

• Published in: Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2011-11, Vol.61 (4), p.590-598
• Main Authors: Frontera, Jimena L., Vatnick, Itzick, Chaulet, Anouk, Rodríguez, Enrique M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Aquaculture; Biological and medical sciences; Cambaridae; Cherax quadricarinatus; Crayfish; Crustacea; Decapoda; Decapoda - drug effects; Decapoda - growth & development; Decapoda - metabolism; Drug Combinations; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Energy Metabolism - drug effects; Energy reserves; Energy use; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Enzymes; Experiments; Freshwater; Freshwaters; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Glycine - analogs & derivatives; Glycine - toxicity; Glyphosate; Hemolymph - drug effects; Hemolymph - metabolism; Hepatopancreas - drug effects; Hepatopancreas - metabolism; Herbicides; Herbicides - toxicity; Invertebrates; Life Cycle Stages - drug effects; Lipids; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Muscle, Skeletal - drug effects; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; Muscles; Parastacidae; Pesticides; Pollution; Polyethylene Glycols - toxicity; Proteins; Reserves; Shellfish; Soil Science & Conservation; Stores; Studies; Sublethal effects; Surfactants; Toxicity; Toxicity Tests; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Water pollution
• ISSN: 0090-4341; 1432-0703
• DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9661-3

Freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus have a high commercial value and are cultured in farms where they are potentially exposed to pesticides. Therefore, we examined the sublethal effects of a 50-day exposure to glyphosate acid and polyoxyethylenamine (POEA), both alone and in a 3:1 mixture, on the growth and energetic reserves in muscle, hepatopancreas and hemolymph of growing juvenile crayfish. Exposure to two different glyphosate and POEA mixtures caused lower somatic growth and decreased muscle protein levels. These effects, caused by both compounds interacting in the mixture, could also be synergistic because they were expressed even at the lowest concentration. The decrease in protein levels could be related to the greater use of other energy reserves. This hypothesis is supported by the decrease in muscle glycogen stores due to glyphosate exposure and the decrease in lipid reserves associated with exposure to POEA.