Physiological stress responses in amphibian larvae to multiple stressors reveal marked anthropogenic effects even below lethal levels

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 462-472

  Burraco, Pablo ^a   Gomez Mestre, Ivan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Corticosterone; Immune system; Metabolic rate; Oxidative stress; Stress physiology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME; FROG; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARVA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SECRETION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; PELOBATES CULTRIPES; PELOBATIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

CORTICOSTERONE; GLYCINE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; PH006 COMPOUND; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANURA; HUMAN; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CORTICOSTERONE; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LARVA; LEUKOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PURINES; SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84994337322     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/688737     Document Type: Article

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