Table 1 Comparison of ICX (µg l−1) values of standard parent herbicides and aged mixtures (after 330 d) from each herbicide. These ICX values represent the concentration of parent herbicide in the toxicity assays that inhibit ∆F/F m ′ by X = 10, 20 or 50% and were derived from the concentration-response curves in Fig. 1 (the concentrations of transformation products are not considered here). Differences in ICXs between pure and aged herbicide solutions were assessed using the F-test in GraphPad and were considered significant when < 0.05. The diuron vs aged diuron solutions had significantly different IC10 and IC20 values for both algal species and the IC50 values for Symbiodinium sp. were different. IC10 and IC20 values for all herbicide and algal species can be found in Table 2. All r2 > 0.97.

From: Contribution of transformation products towards the total herbicide toxicity to tropical marine organisms

 

ICX

ICX parent

ICX aged

F(df)

P value

Symbiodinium sp.

Diuron

IC50

1.4 (1.3–1.6)

0.95 (0.92–0.99)

F (1,84) = 34.1

<0.0001

IC20

0.68 (0.58–0.79)

0.34 (0.32–0.36)

F (1,84) = 74.3

<0.0001

IC10

0.64 (0.57–0.71)

0.17 (0.12–0.24)

F (1,84) = 136

<0.0001

Atrazine

IC50

34.5 (32–35)

32 (27–38)

F (1,110) = 0.352

0.5541

Ametryn

IC50

2.2 (2.1–2.3)

2.3 (2.2–2.4)

F (1,93) = 2.13

0.1475

Hexazinone

IC50

45.7 (40–53)

51 (46–56)

F (1,89) = 3.41

0.068

Simazine

IC50

84 (77–92)

72.5 (63–83)

F (1,74) = 1.59

0.2111

Dunaliella sp.

Diuron

IC50

4.4 (4.2–4.6)

4.1 (3.8–4.5)

F (1,103) = 0.980

0.3245

IC20

1.74 (1.65–1.84)

1.27 (1.19–1.34)

F (1,103) = 62.1

<0.0001

IC10

1.02 (0.94–1.10)

0.63 (0.58–0.69)

F (1,103) = 63.4

<0.0001

Atrazine

IC50

35 (32–38)

40 (35–47)

F (1,95) = 1.96

0.1652

Ametryn

IC50

3.4 (3.2–3.6)

3.7 (3.5–3.8)

F (1,81) = 17.3

0.0789

Hexazinone

IC50

38 (36–40)

40 (38–43)

F (1,87) = 2.24

0.1384

Simazine

IC50

87 (79–96)

103 (73–146)

F (1,78) = 0.841

0.3618