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Table 6 Example definition of Specific Protection Goals for invertebrates potentially exposed to an insecticide [105]

From: Commentary: Assessing the endocrine disrupting effects of chemicals on invertebrates in the European Union

Ecosystem services key driver

Problem

Focal species

Entity

Attribute

Spatial scale

Temporal scale

Model type

Model output

Soil

invertebrates

Effects of application scenarios on populations

Eisenia fetida,

Folsomia

candida

Population

Abundance

& biomass

In-crop

1 year

Spatially explicit Individual-Based Model (IBM)

Time to recovery

Terrestrial invertebrates

Recovery of populations

Linyphyiid spiders, carabid beetle

Population

Abundance

In-field/off-field

A few

years

Spatially

explicit

IBM

Time to

recovery

Aquatic

invertebrates

Effects of time

variable

exposure on

populations

Gammarus,

Chaoborus,

Daphnia

Population

Abundance

Edge of field

water body

1 to a few

years

Toxicokinetic–Toxicodynamic and IBM

Magnitude

and duration

of effect