Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research

Gabriel Sigmund¹, Marlene Ågerstrand², Alexandre Antonelli^{3

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6}, Thomas Backhaus⁴, Tomas Brodin⁷, Miriam L Diamond⁸, Walter R Erdelen⁹, David C Evers¹⁰, Thilo Hofmann¹, Thorsten Hueffer¹, Adelene Lai^{11

12}, Joao P M Torres¹³, Leonie Mueller¹⁴, Allison L Perrigo^{4

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15}, Matthias C Rillig^{16

17}, Andreas Schaeffer^{14

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19}, Martin Scheringer^{20

21}, Kristin Schirmer^{21

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23}, Ahmed Tlili²², Anna Soehl²⁴, Rita Triebskorn^{25

26}, Penny Vlahos²⁷, Colette Vom Berg²², Zhanyun Wang²⁸, Ksenia J Groh²²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
² Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK.
⁴ Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3RB, Oxford, UK.
⁶ Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90187, Umeå, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B1, Canada.
⁹ Ostrhauderfehn, Lower Saxony, Germany.
¹⁰ Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, Maine, 04103, USA.
¹¹ Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, 6 avenue du Swing, 4367, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
¹² Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University, Lessing Strasse 8, 07743, Jena, Germany.
¹³ Laboratório de Micropoluentes Jan Japenga, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹⁴ Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
¹⁵ Lund University Botanical Garden, Lund, Sweden.
¹⁶ Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Altensteinstr. 6, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁷ Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), 14195, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁸ School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, 210023, Nanjing, China.
¹⁹ Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Chongqing University, 400045, Chongqing, China.
²⁰ RECETOX, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic.
²¹ ETH Zürich, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
²² Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
²³ School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPF Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
²⁴ International Panel on Chemical Pollution, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
²⁵ Animal Physiological Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 5, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany.
²⁶ Transfer Center Ecotoxicology and Ecophysiology, Blumenstr. 13, D-72108, Rottenburg, Germany.
²⁷ Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, USA.
²⁸ Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, CH-9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

PMID: 36943240
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16689

Review

Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research

Gabriel Sigmund et al. Glob Chang Biol. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;29(12):3240-3255.

doi: 10.1111/gcb.16689. Epub 2023 Apr 8.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
² Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK.
⁴ Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3RB, Oxford, UK.
⁶ Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90187, Umeå, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B1, Canada.
⁹ Ostrhauderfehn, Lower Saxony, Germany.
¹⁰ Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, Maine, 04103, USA.
¹¹ Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, 6 avenue du Swing, 4367, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
¹² Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University, Lessing Strasse 8, 07743, Jena, Germany.
¹³ Laboratório de Micropoluentes Jan Japenga, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹⁴ Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
¹⁵ Lund University Botanical Garden, Lund, Sweden.
¹⁶ Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Altensteinstr. 6, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁷ Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), 14195, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁸ School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, 210023, Nanjing, China.
¹⁹ Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Chongqing University, 400045, Chongqing, China.
²⁰ RECETOX, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic.
²¹ ETH Zürich, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
²² Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
²³ School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPF Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
²⁴ International Panel on Chemical Pollution, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
²⁵ Animal Physiological Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 5, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany.
²⁶ Transfer Center Ecotoxicology and Ecophysiology, Blumenstr. 13, D-72108, Rottenburg, Germany.
²⁷ Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, USA.
²⁸ Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, CH-9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

PMID: 36943240
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16689

Abstract

Climate change, biodiversity loss, and chemical pollution are planetary-scale emergencies requiring urgent mitigation actions. As these "triple crises" are deeply interlinked, they need to be tackled in an integrative manner. However, while climate change and biodiversity are often studied together, chemical pollution as a global change factor contributing to worldwide biodiversity loss has received much less attention in biodiversity research so far. Here, we review evidence showing that the multifaceted effects of anthropogenic chemicals in the environment are posing a growing threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. Therefore, failure to account for pollution effects may significantly undermine the success of biodiversity protection efforts. We argue that progress in understanding and counteracting the negative impact of chemical pollution on biodiversity requires collective efforts of scientists from different disciplines, including but not limited to ecology, ecotoxicology, and environmental chemistry. Importantly, recent developments in these fields have now enabled comprehensive studies that could efficiently address the manifold interactions between chemicals and ecosystems. Based on their experience with intricate studies of biodiversity, ecologists are well equipped to embrace the additional challenge of chemical complexity through interdisciplinary collaborations. This offers a unique opportunity to jointly advance a seminal frontier in pollution ecology and facilitate the development of innovative solutions for environmental protection.

Keywords: biodiversity loss; chemical pollution; combined stressor; ecology; ecotoxicology.

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