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Fire increases the productivity of sugarcane, but it also generates ashes that negatively affect native fish species in aquatic systems

Gonino, Gabriel M.R., Figueiredo, Bruno R.S., Manetta, Gislaine I., Zaia Alves, Gustavo H., Benedito, Evanilde·2019·Science of The Total Environment
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.022
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Sugarcane is one of the main crops used around the world as a feedstock for the production of sucrose and biofuel. Prior to harvesting, sugarcane dry leaves are burned to facilitate manual cutting and enhance productivity. This practice generates ashes from sugarcane straw (hereafter referred as SCA), which may be carried to aquatic ecosystems, where its impacts on organisms and ecosystem integrity remain unknown. Here, we experimentally tested the toxicity of five different concentrations of SCA (0, 1000, 1500, 2000 and 2500 mg/L) on three native (Astyanax lacustris, Moenkhausia bonita and M. forestii) and two non-native (Oreochromis niloticus and Poecilia reticulata) fish from the Paraná River Basin, Brazil. The toxicity was estimated by calculating the median lethal concentration (LC 50-24h) and the hepatosomatic index (HSI). We hypothesised that native fish are more sensitive to an increase in SCA than non-native fish. We verified that the mortality of native fish sharply increased with the increase in higher SCA concentration (LC 50-24h values: A. lacustris = 2525.71 mg/L, M. bonita = 2124.95 mg/L and M. forestii = 1981.74 mg/L). However, no deaths were recorded for non-native fish species in any SCA concentrations. Accordingly, the HSI index values statistically differed with the increase in SCA concentrations for native fish, while for non-native fish we did not observe any difference. Therefore, only native species died or suffered liver damage with an increase in SCA concentrations. Extrapolating our findings to natural environments, we suggest that sugarcane burning, a widely used agricultural technique, has the potential to reduce the population size of native organisms and facilitate the dominance of non-native fish species in aquatic ecosystems.

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Authors
Gonino, G. M. R., Figueiredo, B. R. S., Manetta, G. I., Zaia Alves, G. H., & Benedito, E.
Affiliations
Universidade Estadual de Maringá (BR)
Corresponding author
Gonino, Gabriel M.R.
ORCID
Venue
Science of The Total Environment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-05
Volume
664
Pages
215-221
ISSN
0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.022
OpenAlex
W2914399610
Cited by
42
References
59
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2
FWCI
1.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (001)
  • CAPES (88881.135421/2016-01)
  • Instituto Federal Catarinense (23474.000039/2015-41)
  • CNPq (303556/2017-0)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
Keywords
sugarcane burning, fish toxicity, native fish, non-native fish, Astyanax lacustris, Oreochromis niloticus, Poecilia reticulata, hepatosomatic index, liver injury, LC50, Paraná River basin, invasive species, agricultural runoff, aquatic ecosystems
MeSH terms
Agriculture, Animals, Brazil, Environmental Monitoring, Fires, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Ecosystem, Cichlids, Saccharum, Characidae

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