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ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
卷 35, 期 12, 页码 2998-3004出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3484
关键词
Fungicide; Amphibian; Temperature variability; Climate change
资金
- National Science Foundation REU program [NSF-DBI 0851933]
- Florida International University
Amphibian populations are declining globally, and multiple anthropogenic stressors, including contamination by pesticides and shifting climates, are driving these declines. Climate change may increase average temperatures or increase temperature variability, either of which may affect the susceptibility of nontarget organisms to contaminants. Eight-day ecotoxicological assays were conducted with red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas) larvae to test for additive and interactive effects of exposure to the fungicide chlorothalonil, average temperature, and temperature variability on tadpole growth and survival. Egg masses were collected from seasonal ponds at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica, and tadpoles were exposed to a series of chlorothalonil concentrations across a range of ecologically relevant mean temperatures (23.4-27.3 degrees C) and daily temperature fluctuations (1.1-9.9 degrees C). Survival was measured each day, and tadpole growth was measured at the end of each trial. Concentrations of chlorothalonil >= 60 mu g/L reduced survival, although survival was not affected by mean temperature or daily temperature range, and there were no synergistic interactions between chlorothalonil and temperature regime on survival. Chlorothalonil suppressed tadpole growth at relatively low concentrations (similar to 15 mu g/L). There were impacts of both average temperature and daily temperature range on tadpole growth, although there were no synergistic interactions between temperature regimes and chlorothalonil. The results should inform efforts to manage ecosystems impacted by multiple large-scale anthropogenic stressors as well as methods for the design of ecologically appropriate toxicology trials. (C) 2016 SETAC
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