Effects of two stressors on amphibian larval development

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-287

  Stark, Karolina ^a,b   Scott, David E ^b   Tsyusko, Olga ^b,c   Coughlin, Daniel P ^b   Hinton, Thomas G ^b,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

137Cs exposure; Larval density; Low dose rate; Multiple stressors; Radiation effects; Scaphiopus holbrookii

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; IONIZING RADIATION; LARVAL DENSITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKII; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

AMPHIBIA; SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKII;

EID: 84858284388     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Alford R.A., Harris R.N. Effects of larval growth history on anuran metamorphosis. Am. Nat. 1988, 131(1):91-106.
2. Altwegg R., Reyer H-U. Patterns of natural selection on size at metamorphosis in water frogs. Evolution 2003, 57(4):872-882.
3. Andersson P., Garnier-Laplace J., Beresford N.A., Copplestone D., Howard B.J., Howe P., Oughton D., Whitehouse P. Protection of the environment from ionising radiation in a regulatory context (protect): proposed numerical benchmark values. J. Environ. Radioact. 2009, 100(12):1100-1108.
4. Belpomme D., Irigaray P., Hardell L., Clapp R., Montagnier L., Epstein S., Sasco A.J. The multitude and diversity of environmental carcinogens. Environ. Res. 2007, 10:414-429.
5. Bergonié J., Tribondeau L. Action des rayons X sur le testicule. Arch. d'electr. Medicalé 1906, 14. 779-791; 823-846; 874-883; 911-927.
6. Brèchignac F., Doi M. Challenging the current strategy of radiological protection of the environment: arguments for an ecosystem approach. J. Environ. Radioact. 2009, 100(12):1125-1134.
7. Chazal A.C., Krenz J.D., Scott D.E. Relationship of larval density and heterozygosity to growth and survival of juvenile marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum). Can. J. Zool. 1996, 74:1122-1129.
8. Cole L.C. The population consequences of life history phenomena. Q. Rev. Biol. 1954, 29:103-137.
9. Crump M.I. Energy accumulation and amphibian metamorphosis. Oecologia 1981, 49:167-169.
10. EMRAS II, 2009. IAEA's programme for environmental modelling for radiation safety http://www-ns.iaea.org/projects/emras/emras2/default.htm.
11. ERICA, 2007. The ERICA assessment tool. Freely available from http://www.erica-tool.com.
12. FASSET, 2004. Deliverable 6. Framework for assessment of environmental impact of ionizing radiation in major European ecosystems. In: Larsson, C-M., Jones, C., Gomez-Ros, J.M., Zinger, I. (Eds.) Contract No FIGE-CT-2000-00102.
13. Forbes V.E., Calow P. Is the per capita rate of increase a good measure of population-level effects in ecotoxicology?. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 1999, 18:1544-1556.
14. Garnier-Laplace J., Beaugelin-Seiller K., Hinton T.G. Fukushima wildlife dose reconstruction signals ecological consequences. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45:5077-5078.
15. Gosner K. A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification. Herpetologica 1960, 16:183-190.
16. Hensley F. Ontogenetic loss of phenotypic plasticity of age at metamorphosis in tadpoles. Ecology 1993, 74:2405-2412.
17. Hentschel B.T. Complex life cycles in a variable environment: predicting when the timing of metamorphosis shifts from resource dependent to developmentally fixed. Am. Nat. 1999, 154(5):549-558.
18. Hinton T., Aizawa K. A layperson's primer on multiple stressors. NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Multiple Stressors: A Challenge for the Future 2007, 57-72. Springer, Netherlands, Isbn:978-1-4020-6334-3. C. Mothersill, I. Mosse, C. Seymour (Eds.).
19. Hinton T.G., Coughlin D.P., Yi Y., Marsh L.C. Low dose rate irradiation facility: initial study on chronic exposures to medaka. J. Environ. Radioact. 2004, 74:43-55.
20. Hinton, T.G., Coughlin, D., Yi, Y., Glenn, T., Zimbrick, J., 2012. Reproductive effects from chronic, multigenerational, low dose rate exposures to radiation. In: Mothersill et al. (Eds), Radiobiology and Environmental Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security Springer Science + Business Media B.V., pp. 219-232. http://10.1007/978-94-007-1939-2_19.
21. Hurlbert S.H. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. Ecol. Monogr. 1984, 54(2):187-211.
22. IAEA, 1992. Effects of ionizing radiation on plants and animals at levels implied by current radiation protection standards. Technical reports series no. 332. Vienna, Austria.
23. ICRP, 2003. Publication 91: A framework for assessing the impact of ionizing radiation on non-human species. By International Commission on Radiological Protection. ISBN: 0-08-044311-7.
24. ICRP Environmental protection: the concept and use of reference animals and plants. ICRP publication 108. Ann. ICRP 2009, 38:4-6.
25. James S.M., Little E.E., Semlitsch R.D. Metamorphosis of two amphibian species after chronic cadmium exposure in outdoor aquatic mesocosms. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2005, 24(8):1994-2001.
26. Landreth H.F., Dunaway P.B., Cosgrove G.E. Effects of whole-body gamma irradiation on various life stages of the toad Bufo woodhousei fowleri. Radiat. Res. 1974, 58:432-438.
27. Amphibians Declines. The Conservation Status of United States Species 2005, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, Isbn:0-520-23592-4. M. Lannoo (Ed.).
28. Leips J., Travis J. Metamorphic responses to changing food levels in two species of hylid frogs. Ecology 1994, 75(5):1345-1356.
29. Marcus G.H. Innovative nuclear energy systems and the future of nuclear power. Prog. Nucl. Energy 2008, 50:92-96.
30. Panter H.C. Variations in radiosensitivity during development of the frog Limndynastes tasmaniensis. J. Exp. Zool. 1986, 238:193-199.
31. Pechmann J.H.K., Scott D.E., Semlitsch R.D., Gibbons J.W. Influence of wetland hydroperiod on diversity and abundance of metamorphosing juvenile amphibians. Wetlands Ecol. Manage. 1989, 1:1-9.
32. Rohr J.R., Elskus A.A., Shepherd B.S., Crowley P.H., McCarthy T.M., Niedzwiecki J.H., Sager T., Sih A., Palmer B.D. Multiple stressors and salamanders: effects of an herbicide, food limitation, and hydroperiod. Ecol. App. 2004, 14:1028-1040.
33. Rowe C.L., Hopkins W.A., Bridges C. Physiological ecology of amphibians in relation to susceptibility to natural and anthropogenic factors. Amphibian Decline: An Integrated Analysis of Multiple Stressor Effects 2003, 9-58. SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL. G. Linder, S. Krest, D. Sparling (Eds.).
34. Ryan T.J., Winne T.W. Effects of hydroperiod on metamorphosis in Rana sphenocephala. Am. Midl. Nat. 2001, 145:46-53.
35. Scott D.E. The effect of larval density on adult demographic traits in Ambystoma opacum. Ecology 1994, 75:1383-1396.
36. Semlitsch R.D., Caldwell J.P. Effects of density on growth, metamorphosis, and survivorship in tadpoles of Scaphiopus holbrookii. Ecology 1982, 63:905-911.
37. Semlitsch R.D., Scott D.E., Pechmann J.H.K. Time and size at metamorphosis related to adult fitness in Ambystoma talpoideum. Ecology 1988, 69:184-192.
38. Semlitsch R.D., Scott D.E., Pechmann J.H.K., Gibbons J.W. Structure and dynamics of an amphibian community: evidence from a 16-yr study of a natural pond. Long-Term Studies of Vertebrate Communities 1996, 217-248. Academic Press, New York. M.L. Cody, J.D. Smallwood (Eds.).
39. Stark, K., 2006. Risk from radionuclides: a frog's perspective. Accumulation of 137Cs in a riparian wetland, radiation doses, and effects on frogs and toads after low-dose rate exposure. Ph.D thesis Dept. of Systems Ecology, Stockholms Univ., Stockholm, Sweden.
40. Su Y., Damjanovski S., Shi Y., Shi Y.B. Molecular and cellular basis of tissue remodeling during amphibian metamorphosis. Histol. Histopathol. 1999, 14:175-183.
41. Taylor B.E., Scott D.E., Gibbons J.W. Catastrophic reproductive failure, terrestrial survival, and persistence of the marbled salamander. Can. Biol. 2006, 20:792-801.
42. Travis J. Anuran size at metamorphosis: experimental test of a model based on intraspecific competition. Ecology 1984, 65:1155-1160.
43. Unrine J.M., Hopkins W.A., Romanek C.S., Jackson B.P. Bioaccumulation of trace elements in omnivorous amphibian larvae: implications for amphibian health and contaminant transport. Environ. Pollut. 2007, 149:182-192.
44. Welden C.W., Slauson W.L. The intensity of competition versus its importance: an overlooked distinction and its implications. Q. Rev. Biol. 1986, 61:23-44.
45. Wilbur H.M Complex life cycles. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 1980, 11:67-93.
46. Wilbur H.M., Collins J.P. Ecological aspects of amphibian metamorphosis. Science 1973, 182:1305-1314.