Simple Summary Over the years, conservation physiologists have attempted to evaluate the
threat factors affecting populations and manage ecosystems effectively by understanding …

With an increasing collective awareness of the rapid environmental changes, questions and
theories regarding the adaptability of organisms are emerging. Global warming as well as …

Body size is a critical component of organismal biology. Body size is known to be influenced
by a plethora of environmental conditions, among which exposure to large scale variations …

Although coastal ecosystems are naturally submitted to temporal variations of salinity,
salinization has been increasing over time threatening coastal biodiversity. Species that …

Among a multitude of stressors to which wildlife is exposed, environmental pollution is a
pervasive one that poses a serious threat. The permeable skin of amphibians is likely to …

Increased salinity is an emerging contaminant of concern for aquatic taxa. For amphibians
exposed to salinity, there is scarce information about the physiological effects and changes …

Salinity (sodium chloride, NaCl) from anthropogenic sources is a persistent contaminant that
negatively affects freshwater taxa. Amphibians can be susceptible to salinity, but some …

Blood glucocorticoid levels are regulated by the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal
axis (HPA axis in mammals, HPI axis in amphibians), and negative feedback by …

Salinization is predicted to intensify due to climate change, impacting biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning. Amphibians, particularly embryos and larvae, are highly susceptible …

Current environmental changes can drastically affect aquatic freshwater ecosystems.
Salinization is one such change that affects freshwater species due to osmotic costs, which …