Agrochemicals disrupt multiple endocrine axes in amphibians

VL Trudeau, P Thomson, WS Zhang, S Reynaud… - Molecular and cellular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Concern over global amphibian declines and possible links to agrochemical use has led to
research on the endocrine disrupting actions of agrochemicals, such as fertilizers …

Acute and chronic toxicity tests of systemic insecticides, four neonicotinoids and fipronil, using the tadpoles of the western clawed frog Silurana tropicalis

M Saka, N Tada - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Extensive use of neonicotinoids and fipronil, which are popular systemic insecticides used in
Japanese rice paddies, has raised concerns about their impacts on nontarget aquatic …

Detection of imidacloprid and metabolites in Northern Leopard frog (Rana pipiens) brains

KS Campbell, PG Keller, LM Heinzel… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoids are a new type of highly water-soluble insecticide used in agricultural
practices to eliminate pests. Neonicotinoids bind almost irreversibly to postsynaptic nicotinic …

Acute and chronic toxicity of neonicotinoid and butenolide insecticides to the freshwater amphipod, Hyalella azteca

AJ Bartlett, AM Hedges, KD Intini, LR Brown… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides in the world. They are preferentially
toxic to insects while displaying a low toxicity toward vertebrates, and this selective toxicity …

Lethal and sublethal toxicity of neonicotinoid and butenolide insecticides to the mayfly, Hexagenia spp.

AJ Bartlett, AM Hedges, KD Intini, LR Brown… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoid insecticides are environmentally persistent and highly water-soluble, and thus
are prone to leaching into surface waters where they may negatively affect non-target …

Clothianidin alters leukocyte profiles and elevates measures of oxidative stress in tadpoles of the amphibian, Rana pipiens

SA Robinson, RJ Chlebak, SD Young, RL Dalton… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoid pesticide use is widespread and highly debated, as evidenced by recent
attention received from the public, academics and pesticide regulatory agencies. However …

Effects of neonicotinoids on putative escape behavior of juvenile wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) chronically exposed as tadpoles

SSY Lee‐Jenkins, SA Robinson - … Toxicology and Chemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neonicotinoids are water‐soluble neurotoxic insecticides widely used in agriculture that are
being detected in nontarget aquatic environments. Nontarget aquatic wildlife, such as …

Adaptive and maladaptive consequences of larval stressors for metamorphic and postmetamorphic traits and fitness

R Stoks, L Janssens, V Delnat, J Swaegers… - … : Darwinian fitness and …, 2022 - Springer
We synthesized how stressors encountered in the larval stage affect larval growth and
development rates, metamorphic traits and eventually carry over across metamorphosis and …

Sublethal, Behavioral, and Developmental Effects of the Neonicotinoid Pesticide Imidacloprid on Larval Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica)

MR Sweeney, CM Thompson… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid pesticide, is used to prevent the spread of the hemlock woolly
adelgid, currently affecting Eastern Hemlock trees across North America. When the pesticide …

Toxicity of the neonicotinoid insecticides thiamethoxam and imidacloprid to tadpoles of three species of South American amphibians and effects of thiamethoxam on …

SVD Fonseca Peña, GS Natale… - Journal of Toxicology and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The present study examined the acute and chronic toxicity of the neonicotinoid insecticides
imidacloprid (IMI) and thiamethoxam (TIA) on the neotropical amphibian species Rhinella …