Bioaccumulation of Pyraoxystrobin and Its Predictive Evaluation in Zebrafish

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the bioaccumulation of pyraoxystrobin in fish. Using a flow-through bioconcentration method, the bioconcentration factor (BCF) and clearance rate of pyraoxystrobin in zebrafish were measured. The measured BCF values were then compared to those estimated from three commonly used predication models. At the exposure concentrations of 0.1 μg/L and 1.0 μg/L, the maximum BCF values for pyraoxystrobin in fish were 820.8 and 265.9, and the absorption rate constants (K1) were 391.0 d−1 and 153.2 d−1, respectively. The maximum enrichment occurred at 12 d of exposure. At the two test concentrations, the clearance rate constant (K2) in zebrafish was 0.5795 and 0.4721, and the half-life (t1/2) was 3.84 d and 3.33 d, respectively. The measured BCF values were close to those estimated from bioconcentration predication models.