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SynthesisArchives of environmental contamination and toxicology2019

The Chronic Effects of Copper and Cadmium on Life History Traits Across Cladocera Species: A Meta-analysis.

Shlair A Sadeq, Andrew P Beckerman

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Synthesis in Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Evaluating additive versus interactive effects of copper and cadmium on Daphnia pulex life history.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shlair A SadeqDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. sasadeq1@sheffield.ac.uk.
Andrew P BeckermanDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
University of Sheffield · GB

Funding

Scholarship/Iraqi government 906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of sublethal concentrations of heavy metals on cladoceran growth and reproduction is a cornerstone of modern ecotoxicology. However, the literature contains assays across numerous concentrations, on numerous species and genotypes, and conditions are far from consistent. We undertook a systematic review of the sublethal effects of copper and cadmium concentrations on Cladocera spp. life history (reproduction, maturation age, and somatic growth rate). Using meta-analysis, we tested the hypothesis that the effects of increasing Cu and Cd concentrations on traits may vary by species. We also evaluated where possible whether the effect of metal concentrations on traits vary by water hardness, exposure duration, or whether the metals were delivered in aqueous solution or via food. We surveyed > 200 papers, resulting in a set of 32 experimental studies representing 446 trials where the results were presented compared with Daphnia magna-the most commonly assayed species. We found qualitatively similar effects of Cu and Cd on life history traits that included reduction in reproduction and somatic growth rate and delay of maturation. Cladocera species showed marked variations in their susceptibility to metals, and D. magna was found to be the least sensitive species to sublethal changes in reproduction. The effects were largely consistent for aqueous vs. dietary food. Water hardness, where data were available, had no detectable effect. Available data indicate that exposure duration had no effect on the toxicity of Cu but did for D. magna reproductive response to Cd. Our study highlights the importance of including species identity when considering toxicological testing and regulation development.

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Life History TraitsAgingAnimalsCadmiumCladoceraCopperDaphniaReproductionSpecies SpecificityWater Pollutants, ChemicalCadmiumCopperWater Pollutants, Chemical

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PMID30178132
PMCPMC6326991
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