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Effects of insecticides on a phytotelmata‐breeding amphibian
Author(s) -
EgeaSerrano Andrés,
Solé Mirco
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.3555
Subject(s) - malathion , amphibian , pesticide , biology , larva , toxicology , ecotoxicology , ecology , zoology
Information on the impact of pesticides on amphibian species breeding in phytotelmata (water bodies within plants) is totally lacking. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of the insecticide malathion on larvae of Phyllodytes luteolus . Individuals were exposed to ecologically relevant concentrations of malathion (commercial formulation) for 16 d under laboratory conditions. Malathion had a lethal effect that allowed the authors to hypothesize that phtytotelmata‐breeding species are likely as vulnerable to pollution as pond breeders. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:422–428. © 2016 SETAC