In situ assessment of health status and heavy metal bioaccumulation of adult Pelophylax ridibundus (Anura: Ranidae) individuals inhabiting polluted area in southern …

ZM Zhelev, DN Arnaudova, GS Popgeorgiev… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study an assessment is made of how the marsh frog P. ridibundus individuals, being
long-term inhabitants of an anthropogenically polluted habitat, are affected and what …

Cytogenotoxicity evaluation of a heavy metal mixture, detected in a polluted urban wetland: Micronucleus and comet induction in the Indian green frog (Euphlyctis …

UA Jayawardena, DD Wickramasinghe, PV Udagama - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination in wetland ecosystems is a serious environmental and health
concern. This study evaluated the cytogenotoxicity of a previously evidenced heavy metal …

Genotoxic evaluation in tadpoles associated with agriculture in the Central Cerrado, Brazil

RE Borges, LRS Santos, M Benvindo-Souza… - Archives of …, 2019 - Springer
Many agricultural practices cause environmental degradation that affects the cellular
integrity of anurans. In the present study, we provided in situ data of Dendropsophus …

Acute and Chronic Effects on Tadpoles (Lithobates catesbeianus) Exposed to Mining Tailings from the Dam Rupture in Mariana, MG (Brazil)

L Girotto, ELG Espíndola, RC Gebara… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2020 - Springer
The mining sector has great importance to the economic activity in Brazil. However, it is also
responsible for several environmental impacts such as the rupture of the Fundão dam …

Threatened aquatic Andean frogs and mining activity in the Lithium Triangle of South America: Can both coexist?

MJ Salica, MS Gastón, MS Akmentins… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The aquatic Andean frogs of genus Telmatobius are one of the most threatened amphibian
taxa, with many species having suffered drastic declines and even possible extinction. The …

Analysis of various effects of abamectin on erythrocyte morphology in Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica)

DBG de Faria, MF Montalvão, JM de Souza… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Although previous studies have already confirmed the toxicological potential of abamectin
(ABA) in different experimental models (from invertebrates to vertebrates), almost nothing is …

Health status of Pelophylax ridibundus (Amphibia: Ranidae) in a rice paddy ecosystem in Southern Bulgaria and its importance in assessing environmental state …

Z Zhelev, S Tsonev, K Georgieva… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Pollution effects on haematological parameters in Pelophylax ridibundus individuals were
investigated; animals were collected from two sites in Southern Bulgaria: the Tsalapitsa rice …

Effects of 2 Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Blood Cell Profiles and Corticosterone Concentrations of Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus)

MJ Gavel, SD Richardson, RL Dalton… - Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Neonicotinoids are widely used insecticides that are detectable in agricultural waterways.
These insecticides are of concern due to their potential impacts on nontarget organisms …

Evaluation in situ of genotoxic and cytotoxic response in the diploid/polyploid complex Odontophrynus (Anura: Odontophrynidae) inhabiting agroecosystems

FE Pollo, PR Grenat, MA Otero, S Babini, NE Salas… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyploidization has been documented across a wide range of vertebrates. Gene
duplication could promote better adaptation to environmental changes and to chronic injury …

Biomarker and hematological fieldwork with amphibians: is it necessary to sample all night?

JC Brodeur, MF Bahl, GS Natale… - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
In the context of the global amphibian crisis, biomonitoring constitutes a valuable
assessment tool to provide critical up to date information on the status and health of …