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EFFECTS OF 4-n-NONYLPHENOL ON LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A POLYCHAETE

1999; Wiley; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0482

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Flemming Thorbjørn Hansen, Valery E. Forbes, Thomas L. Forbes,

Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

Ecological ApplicationsVolume 9, Issue 2 p. 482-495 Article EFFECTS OF 4-n-NONYLPHENOL ON LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A POLYCHAETE Flemming T. Hansen, Flemming T. Hansen Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, DenmarkSearch for more papers by this authorValery E. Forbes, Valery E. Forbes Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Address correspondence to this author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorThomas L. Forbes, Thomas L. Forbes Department of Marine Ecology and Microbiology, National Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 358, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, DenmarkSearch for more papers by this author Flemming T. Hansen, Flemming T. Hansen Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, DenmarkSearch for more papers by this authorValery E. Forbes, Valery E. Forbes Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Address correspondence to this author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorThomas L. Forbes, Thomas L. Forbes Department of Marine Ecology and Microbiology, National Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 358, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, DenmarkSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 1999 https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0482:EONNOL]2.0.CO;2Citations: 59 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract A Life-Table-Response Experiment lasting 78 d was performed to investigate the toxic effects of sediment-associated 4-n-nonylphenol (NP) on growth, reproduction, and survivorship of isolated hermaphrodites of the infaunal polychaete Capitella sp. I. Demographic effects were evaluated using both a fully age-classified and a simple two-stage model to estimate population growth rates (λ). Decomposition analysis was performed to explore the contributions of each of the affected life-history traits to the effects observed on λ. Elasticity analysis was applied to examine the relative sensitivity of λ to changes in each of the different life-history traits under different exposure levels. In the lowest NP treatment (14 μg NP/g dry mass of sediment) significant stimulatory effects were observed for both asymptotic body volume and average brood size, but these did not result in a significant effect on λ. Negative effects on brood size, volume-specific fecundity, time to first reproduction, and individual growth rate were significant in the highest NP treatment (174 μg/g dry mass), and these effects resulted in a significant reduction in λ. Decomposition of the two-stage model indicated that the effect of NP on time to first reproduction was a major cause of changes in population growth rate. Although time to first reproduction increased by only ∼20% in the highest NP treatment relative to the control, it was responsible for more than half (55%) of the effect on λ. In contrast, per-individual fecundity decreased by 75% but only explained 44% of the effect on λ. Elasticity analysis of the two-stage model showed that λ became less sensitive to changes in fecundity and time to maturity, but not to changes in juvenile and adult survival probabilities, with increasing NP exposure. 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