Effects of the herbicide atrazine on Ambystoma tigrinum metamorphosis: Duration, larval growth, and hormonal response

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 671-679

  Larson, Diane L ^a   McDonald, Susan ^a   Fivizzani, Albert J ^b   Newton, Wesley E ^a   Hamilton, Steven J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ATRAZINE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM;

EID: 0032215842     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515999     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Alford R.A. and R.N. Harris. 1988. Effects of larval growth history on anuran metamorphosis. Am. Nat. 131:91-106.
2. American Public Health Association (APHA), American Water Works Association (AWWA), and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF). 1989. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. APHA, Washington, D.C.
3. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). 1989. Standard guide for conducting acute toxicity tests with fishes, macroinvertebrates, and amphibians. Pp. 378-397 in ASTM Annual Book of ASTM Standards. ASTM, Philadelphia.
4. Axelrod J. and T.D. Reisine. 1984. Stress hormones: their interaction and regulation. Science 224:452-459.
5. Boyer R. and C.E. Grue. 1995. The need for water quality criteria for frogs. Environ. Health Perspect. 103:352-357.
6. Burggren W.W. and J.J. Just. 1992. Developmental changes in physiological systems. Pp. 467-530 in M.E. Feder and W.W. Burggren, eds. Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
7. Carr J.A. and D.O. Norris. 1988. Interrenal activity during metamorphosis of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 71:63-69.
8. Conant R. and J.T. Collins. 1991. Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern/Central North America. Houghton Mifflin, New York.
9. Crisp T.M., E.D. Clegg, R.L. Cooper, W.P. Wood, D.G. Anderson, K.P. Baetcke, J.L. Hoffmann, M.S. Morrow, D.J. Rodier, J.E. Schaeffer, L.W. Touart, M.G. Zeeman, and Y.M. Patel. 1998. Environmental endocrine disruption: an effects assessment and analysis. Environ. Health Persp. 106 (Suppl.):11-56.
10. Crump M.L. 1981. Energy accumulation and amphibian metamorphosis. Oecologia 49:167-169.
11. Davies P.E., L.S.J. Cook, and D. Goenarso. 1994. Sublethal responses to pesticides of several species of Australian freshwater fish and crustaceans and rainbow trout. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 13:1341-1354.
12. Denver R.J. 1996. Neuroendocrine control of amphibian metamorphosis. Pp. 433-464 in L.I. Gilbert, J.R. Tata, and B.G. Atkinson, eds. Metamorphosis. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif.
13. _. 1997. Environmental stress as a developmental cue: corticotropin-releasing hormone is a proximate mediator of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in amphibian metamorphosis. Horm. Behav. 31:169-179.
14. Dewey S.L. 1986. Effects of the herbicide atrazine on aquatic insect community structure and emergence. Ecology 67:148-162.
15. Douglas W.S., A. McIntosh, and J.C. Clausen. 1993. Toxicity of sediments containing atrazine and carbofuran to larvae of the midge Chironomus tentans. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12:847-853.
16. Fairbrother A. 1994. Clinical biochemistry. Pp. 63-89 in M.C. Fossi and C. Leonzio, eds. Nondestructive Biomarkers in Vertebrates. Lewis, Boca Raton, Fla.
17. Fairchild J.F., T.W. Lapoint, and T.R. Schwartz. 1994. Effects of an herbicide and insecticide mixture in aquatic mesocosms. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 27:527-533.
18. Fivizzani A.J., M.A. Colwell, and L.W. Oring. 1986. Plasma steroid hormone levels in free-living Wilson's Phalaropes, Phalaropus tricolor. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 62:137-144.
19. Gratto-Trevor C.L., L.W. Oring, and A.J. Fivizzani. 1991. Effects of blood sampling stress on hormone levels in the semipalmated sandpiper. J. Field Ornithol. 62:19-27.
20. Grue C.E., L.R. De Weese, P. Mineau, G.A. Swanson, J.R. Foster, P.M. Arnold, J.N. Huckins, P.J. Sheehan, W.K. Marshall, and A.P. Ludden. 1986. Potential impacts of agricultural chemicals on waterfowl and other wildlife inhabiting prairie wetlands: an evaluation of research needs and approaches. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 51:357-383.
21. Hamilton S.J., N.L. Faerber, and K.J. Buhl. 1989. A system for reconstituting special water qualities for use in chronic toxicity studies. Water Res. 23:159-165.
22. Hoffnagle T.L. and A.J. Fivizzani. 1990. Stimulation of thyroxine levels by novel water chemistry during smoltification in chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawyttscha. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 47:1513-1517.
23. Hontela A., J.B. Rasmussen, C. Audet, and G. Chevalier. 1992. Impaired cortisol stress response in fish from environments polluted by PAHs, PCBs, and mercury. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 22:278-283.
24. Howe G.E., R. Gillis, and R.C. Mowbray. 1998. Effect of chemical synergy and larval stage on the toxicity of atrazine and alachlor to amphibian larvae. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17:519-525.
25. Kirk R.E. 1982. Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences. Brooks/Cole, Belmont, Calif.
26. Kross B.C., A. Vergara, and L.E. Raue. 1992. Toxicity assessment of Atrazine, Alachlor, and Carbofuran and their respective environmental metabolites using Microtox. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 37:149-159.
27. Kupferberg S.J. 1997. The role of larval diet in anuran metamorphosis. Am. Zool. 37:146-159.
28. Larras-Regard E., A. Taurog, and M. Dorris. 1981. Plasma T4 and T3 levels in Ambystoma tigrinum at various stages of metamorphosis. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 43:443-450.
29. Larson D.L. In press. Ambystoma tigrinum life history in relation to agriculture in the northern Great Plains: a hypothesis. In M.J. Lannoo, ed. Status and Conservation of Midwestern Amphibians. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City.
30. Milliken G.A. and D.E. Johnson. 1984. Analysis of Messy Data: Designed Experiments. Van Nostrand, New York.
31. Morgan M.K., P.R. Scheuerman, C.S. Bishop, and R.A. Pyles. 1996. Teratogenic potential of atrazine and 2,4-D using FETAX. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 48:151-168.
32. Newman R.A. 1994. Effects of changing density and food level on metamorphosis of a desert amphibian, Scaphiopus couchii. Ecology 75:1085-1096.
33. Norman M.F. 1985. A practical method for staging metamorphosis in the tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum. Anat. Rec. 211:102-109.
34. Norman M.F., J.A. Carr, and D.O. Norris. 1987. Adenohypophysial-thyroid activity of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, as a function of metamorphosis and captivity. J. Exp. Zool. 242:55-66.
35. Norris D.O. 1978. Hormonal and environmental factors involved in the determination of neoteny in urodeles. Pp. 109-112 in P.J. Gaillard and H.H. Boer, eds. Comp. Endocrinol. Elsevier/North-Holland, Amsterdam.
36. Rose F.L. and D. Armentrout. 1976. Adaptive strategies of Ambystoma tigrinum Green inhabiting the Llano Estacado of West Texas. J. Anim. Ecol. 45:713-729.
37. Rosenkilde P. 1985. The role of hormones in the regulation of amphibian metamorphosis. Pp. 221-259 in M. Balls and M. Bownes, eds. Metamorphosis. Clarendon, Oxford.
38. SAS Institute. 1989. SAS/STAT User's Guide, Version 6. Vol. 2. 4th ed. SAS, Cary, N.C.
39. Smith-Gill S.J. and K.A. Berven. 1979. Predicting amphibian metamorphosis. Am. Nat. 113:563-585.
40. Solomon K.R., D.B. Baker, R.P. Richards, D.R. Dixon, S.J. Klaine, T.W. LaPoint, R.J. Kendall, C.P. Weisskopf, J.M. Giddings, J.P. Giesy, L.W. Hall, and W.M. Williams. 1996. Ecological risk assessment of atrazine in North American surface waters. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:31-74.
41. Sutanto W. and E.R. De Kloet. 1994. The use of various animal models in the study of stress and stress-related phenomena. Lab. Anim. 28:293-306.
42. Tejedo M. and R. Reques. 1994. Does larval growth history determine timing of metamorphosis in anurans? A field experiment. Herpetologica 50:113-118.
43. Thurman E.M., D.A. Goolsby, M.T. Meyer, M.S. Mills, M.L. Pomes, and D.W. Kolpin. 1992. A reconnaissance study of herbicides and their metabolites in surface water of the mid-western United States using immunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26:2440-2447.
44. Whiteman, H.H. 1994. Evolution of facultative paedomorphosis in salamanders. Q. Rev. Biol. 69:205-221.
45. Wilbur H.M. and J.P. Collins. 1973. Ecological aspects of amphibian metamorphosis. Science 182:1305-1314.
46. Wingfield J.C. and D.S. Farner. 1975. The determination of five steroids in avian plasma by radioimmunoassay and competitive protein-binding. Steroids 26:311-327.
47. Wingfield J.C., K. Hunt, C. Breuner, K. Dunlap, G.S. Fowler, L. Freed, and J. Lepson. 1997. Environmental stress, field endocrinology, and conservation biology. Pp. 95-131 in J.R. Clemmons and R. Buchholz, eds. Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.