Abstract
Our knowledge of the ecological impact of insecticides on aquatic organisms is lacking at a community level because it requires high research skills, due to the complexity of community interactions. Here, the aquatic community’s response to the residues of two systemic insecticides, imidacloprid and fipronil, with different physicochemical properties was monitored for three years. In this study, four key points are considered for evaluating the ecological impact of the insecticides in relation to biodiversity conservation. These are as follows: (1) environmental fates as explained by their different physicochemical properties, (2) life cycles and habitats of each taxonomic and functional group, (3) indirect effects through the food chain, and (4) long-term field monitoring over the course of a year.
