Direct and indirect effects of pesticides on a benthic grazer during its life cycle

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 1 Nominal concentration, area, and aufwuchs loads of LCH in the AIS and the batch experiment

Nominal concentration (ng L⁻¹)	Nominal area load (ng cm⁻²)	POC (mg C cm⁻²)	Nominal Aufwuchs load (µg g ⁻¹ OC)
AIS experiment
Control	0	0.37 ± 0.04	0
10	2.9	0.37 ± 0.01	7.7
1	0.29	0.21 ± 0.01	1.4
0.1	0.029	0.33 ± 0.02	0.09
0.01	0.0029	0.40 ± 0.03	0.007
Batch experiment
Control	0	0.335	0
171	2.9	0.335	9
17	0.29	0.335	0.9
1.7	0.029	0.335	0.09
0.17	0.0029	0.335	0.009

The aufwuchs loads were calculated based on the POC results of the respective treatments at d₋₁ in the AIS experiment or from the average POC of all the treatments at d_− 1 in the batch experiment