Impacts of rising temperatures and water acidification on the oxidative status and immune system of aquatic ectothermic vertebrates: A meta-analysis

S Messina, D Costantini, M Eens - Science of the Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Species persistence in the Anthropocene is dramatically threatened by global climate
change. Large emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from human activities are driving …

Effects of pollutants on the endocrine system of tadpoles

K Ruthsatz, J Glosv - Toxicology of Amphibian Tadpoles, 2024‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Environmental contamination of aquatic ecosystems by pollutants is among the major
causes of the decline of amphibian populations. At all life stages, amphibians are highly …

Influences of continuous and pulse atrazine exposure on intestinal flora and metabolites of Pelophylax nigromaculatus tadpoles

M Huang, J Yin, F Dai, S Cao, R Duan, W Huang… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Atrazine, a widely used herbicide, has adverse effects on the growth and metabolism of
amphibians. Due to the cyclical application use of the pesticide atrazine in agricultural …

Background matching through fast and reversible melanin-based pigmentation plasticity in tadpoles comes with morphological and antioxidant changes

HC Liedtke, K Lopez-Hervas, I Galván, N Polo-Cavia… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
Facultative colour change is widespread in the animal kingdom, and has been documented
in many distantly related amphibians. However, experimental data testing the extent of …

[HTML][HTML] Telomere length mirrors age structure along a 2200-m altitudinal gradient in a Mediterranean lizard

P Burraco, M Comas, S Reguera… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The timing of organisms' senescence is developmentally programmed but also shaped by
the interaction between environmental inputs and life-history traits. In ectotherms, ageing …

Effects of elevated temperature, reduced hydroperiod, and invasive bullfrog larvae on pacific chorus frog larvae

BR Tasker, KN Honebein, AM Erickson, JE Misslin… - Plos one, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Climate change and invasive species threaten many ecosystems, including surface
freshwater systems. Increasing temperatures and reduced hydroperiod due to climate …

Assessment of multiple biomarkers in Lithobates catesbeianus (Anura: Ranidae) tadpoles exposed to zinc oxide nanoparticles and zinc chloride: integrating …

AGC Motta, V Guerra, DF do Amaral… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023‏ - Springer
The ecotoxicological risk to vertebrates posed by zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) is still
poorly understood, especially in animals with a biphasic life cycle, which have aquatic and …

Context dependent variation in corticosterone and phenotypic divergence of Rana arvalis populations along an acidification gradient

J Mausbach, A Laurila, K Räsänen - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Physiological processes, as immediate responses to the environment, are
important mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and can influence evolution at ecological time …

Are glucocorticoids good indicators of disturbance across populations that exhibit cryptic variation in contaminant tolerance?

G Shidemantle, N Buss, J Hua - Animal Conservation, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Glucocorticoids (corticosterone/cortisol; cort) are frequently used in conservation as
biomarkers of disturbance in wild populations. However, the context‐dependent nature of …

Impaired negative feedback and death following acute stress in glucocorticoid receptor knockout Xenopus tropicalis tadpoles

B Paul, ZR Sterner, R Bhawal, ET Anderson… - General and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Blood glucocorticoid levels are regulated by the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal
axis (HPA axis in mammals, HPI axis in amphibians), and negative feedback by …