Inter-specific differences in survival and reproduction of cladocerans to nitrite gradient and the ecological implications

► Negative effects of nitrite on life-history traits of Daphnia were dose-dependent. ► The negative effects can be fitted by three-parameter logistic model. ► The tolerances of Daphnia spp. to nitrite are species-specific. ► The sensitivities of different life-history traits to nitrite are differential.