Freshwater ecosystems are under threat from rising pharmaceutical pollution. While such pollutants are known to elicit biological effects on organisms, we have limited knowledge on how these effects might cascade through food-webs, disrupt ecological processes, and shape freshwater communities. In this study, we used a mesocosm experiment to explore how the community impacts of a top-order predator, the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki), are mediated by exposure to environmentally relevant low (measured concentration: ∼10 ng/L) and high concentrations (∼110 ng/L) of the pervasive pharmaceutical pollutant fluoxetine. We found no evidence that exposure to fluoxetine altered the consumptive effects of mosquitofish on zooplankton. However, once mosquitofish were removed from the mesocosms, zooplankton abundance recovered to a greater extent in control mesocosms compared to both low and high fluoxetine-exposed mesocosms. By the end of the experiment, this resulted in fundamental differences in community structure between the control and fluoxetine-treated mesocosms. Specifically, the control mesocosms were characterized by higher zooplankton abundances and lower algal biomass, whereas mesocosms exposed to either low or high concentrations of fluoxetine had lower zooplankton abundances and higher algal biomass. Our results suggest that fluoxetine, even at very low concentrations, can alter aquatic communities and hinder their recovery from disturbances.

Australian Waterlife 55 Vaughan Chase Wyndham Vale Victoria 3024 Australia

Department of Wildlife Fish and Environmental Studies Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå 901 83 Sweden

Department of Zoology Stockholm University Stockholm 114 18 Sweden

Environmental Protection Authority Victoria EPA Science Macleod Victoria 3085 Australia

Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London London NW1 4RY U K

School of Biological Sciences Monash University Melbourne 3800 Australia

School of Environment and Science Griffith University Nathan 4111 Australia

University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses Zatisi 728 2 Vodnany 389 25 Czech Republic

Water Studies Centre School of Chemistry Monash University Melbourne 3800 Australia

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