The effects of 24-h exposure to carbaryl or atrazine on the locomotor performance and overwinter growth and survival of juvenile spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 548-552

  Mitchkash, Matthew G ^a   Mcpeek, Tammy ^a   Boone, Michelle D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Atrazine; Carbaryl; Herbicide; Insecticide

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIANS; ATRAZINE; CARBARYL; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; CARBARYL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894102215     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2451     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Wilbur HM. 1980. Complex Life Cycles. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 11:67-93.
2. Moran NA. 1994. Adaptation and constraint in the complex life cycles of animals. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 25:573-600.
3. Greulich K, Pflugmacher S. 2003. Differences in susceptibility of various life stages of amphibians to pesticide exposure. Aquat Toxicol 65:329-336.
4. Boone MD, Hammond SA, Veldhoen N, Youngquist M, Helbing CC. 2013. Specific time of exposure during tadpole development influences biological effects of the insecticide carbaryl in green frogs (Lithobates clamitans). Aquat Toxicol 130-131:139-148.
5. Park D, Hempleman SC, Propper CR. 2001. Endosulfan exposure disrupts pheromonal systems in the red-spotted newt: A mechanism for subtle effects of environmental chemicals. Environ Health Perspect 109:669-673.
6. Gendron AD, Marcogliese DJ, Barbeau S, Christin MS, Brousseau P, Ruby S, Cyr D, Fournier M. 2003. Exposure of leopard frogs to a pesticide mixture affects life history characteristics of the lungworm Rhabdias ranae. Oecologia 135:469-476.
7. Cakici O. 2013. Carbaryl-induced histopathologic alterations on testes of Levantine frog, Pelophylax bedriagae (Anura: Ranidae). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 91:96-101.
8. Tillitt DE, Papoulias DM, Whyte JJ, Richter CA. 2010. Atrazine reduces reproduction in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Aquat Toxicol 99:149-159.
9. Duellman WE, Trueb L. 1994. Biology of Amphibians. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.
10. Gamble LR, McGarigal K, Compton BW. 2007. Fidelity and dispersal in the pond-breeding amphibian, Ambystoma opacum: Implications for spatio-temporal population dynamics and conservation. Biol Conserv 139:247-357.
11. Semlitsch RD. 2008. Differentiating migration and dispersal processes for pond-breeding amphibians. J Wildl Manage 72:260-267.
12. Semlitsch RD. 1998. Biological delineation of terrestrial buffer zones for pond-breeding salamanders. Conserv Biol 12:1113-1119.
13. Semlitsch RD, Todd BD, Blomquist SM, Calhoun AJK, Gibbons JW, Gibbs JP, Graeter GJ, Harper EB, Hocking DJ, Hunter ML, Patrick DA, Rittenhouse TAG, Rothermel BB. 2009. Effects of timber harvest on amphibian populations: Understanding mechanisms from forest experiments. BioScience 59:853-862.
14. Biek R, Funk WC, Maxell BA, Mills LS. 2002. What is missing in amphibian decline research: Insights from ecological sensitivity analysis. Conserv Biol 16:728-734.
15. Trenham PC, Shaffer HB. 2005. Amphibian upland habitat use and its consequences for population viability. Ecol Appl 15:1158-1168.
16. Austin CC, Shaffer HB. 1992. Short, medium, and long-term repeatability of locomotor performance in the tiger salamander Ambystoma californiense. Funct Ecol 6:145-153.
17. Grube A, Donaldson D, Kiely T, Wu L. 2011. Pesticides industry sales and useage: 2006 and 2007 market estimates. EPA 733/R-11/001. US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
18. Bridges CM. 1997. Tadpole swimming performance and activity affected by acute exposure to sublethal levels of carbaryl. Environ Toxicol Chem 16:1935-1939.
19. Relyea RA, Edwards K. 2010. What doesn't kill you makes you sluggish: How sublethal pesticides alter predator-prey interactions. Copeia 4:558-567.
20. Webber NR, Boone MD, Distel CA. 2010. Effects of aquatic and terrestrial carbaryl exposure on feeding ability, growth, and survival of American toads. Environ Toxicol Chem 12:2323-2327.
21. Rohr JR, McCoy KA. 2010. A qualitative meta-analysis reveals consistent effects of atrazine on freshwater fish and amphibians. Environ Health Perspect 118:20-32.
22. Saglio P, Trijasse S. 1998. Behavioral responses to atrazine and diuron in goldfish. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 35:484-491.
23. Rohr JR, Palmer BD. 2005. Aquatic herbicide exposure increases salamander desiccation risk eight months later in a terrestrial environment. Environ Toxicol Chem 24:1253-1258.
24. Rohr JR, Elskus AA, Shepherd BS, Crowley PH, McCarthy TM, Niedzwiecki JH, Sager T, Sih A, Palmer BD. 2003. Lethal and sublethal effects of atrazine, carbaryl, endosulfan, and octylphenol on the streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri). Environ Toxicol Chem 22:2385-2392.
25. Peterson HG, Boutin C, Martin PA, Freemark KE, Ruecker NJ, Moody MJ. 1994. Aquatic phytotoxicity of 23 pesticides applied at expected environmental concentrations. Aquat Toxicol 28:275-292.
26. Caro JH, Freeman HP, Turner BC. 1974. Persistence in soil and losses in runoff of soil-incorporated carbaryl in a small watershed. J Agr Food Chem 22:860-863.
27. Stanley JG, Trial JG. 1980. Disappearance constants of carbaryl from streams contaminated by forest spraying. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 25:771-776.
28. Garber K, Jones RD, Steeger T. 2007. Risk of carbaryl use to the federally-listed California red legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii). US Environmental Protection Agency. [accessed on 13 January 2014]. Available from: http://www.epa.gov/espp/litstatus/effects/redleg-frog/carbaryl/determination.pdf.
29. Solomon KR, Baker DB, Richards RP, Dixon DR, Klaine SJ, LaPoint TW, Kendall RJ, Weisskopf CP, Giddings JM, Giesy JP, Hall LW, Williams WM. 1996. Ecological risk assessment of atrazine in North American surface waters. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:31-74.
30. US Environmental Protection Agency. 2012. Meeting of the FIFRA scientific advisory panel on the problem formulation for the environmental fate and ecological risk assessment for atrazine. EPA HQ/OPP/2012/0230/0005. Washington, DC.
31. Boone MD. 2005. Juvenile frogs compensate for small metamorph size with terrestrial growth: Overcoming the effects of larval density and insecticide exposure. J Herpetol 39:416-423.
32. Husak JF. 2006. Does speed help you survive? A test with collared lizards of different ages. Funct Ecol 20:174-179.
33. Boone MD, James SM. 2003. Interactions of an insecticide, herbicide, and natural stressors in amphibian community mesocosms. Ecol Appl 13:829-841.
34. Boone MD, Semlitsch RD, Little EE, Doyle MC. 2007. Multiple stressors in amphibian communities: Effects of chemical contamination, bullfrogs, and fish. Ecol Appl 17:291-301.
35. Hayes TB, Collins A, Lee M, Mendoza M, Noriega N, Stuart AA, Vonk A. 2002. Hermaphroditic, demasculinized frogs after exposure to the herbicide atrazine at low ecologically relevant doses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:5476-5480.
36. Bennett AF, Garland T, Else PL. 1989. Individual correlation of morphology, muscle mechanics, and locomotion in a salamander. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 256:R1200-R1208.