Lethal effects of abamectin on the aquatic organisms Daphnia similis, Chironomus xanthus and Danio rerio

► Abamectin is an acaricide, insecticide and nematicide. ► Effect of this contaminant on aquatic organisms from different trophic levels. ► Daphnia similis, Chironomus xanthus and Danio rerio. ► Abamectin was highly toxic at low concentrations, on the order of ng L−1 for zooplankton.