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Synergistic effects of a combined exposure to herbicides and an insecticide in Hyla versicolor

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Edited by: Linder G.L.Krest S.Sparling D.Little E.E.

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Abstract

Combinations of the herbicides atrazine and metolachlor and the insecticide chlorpyrifos were tested under both laboratory and field conditions to determine their individual and combined effects on amphibian populations. In the lab Hyla versicolor tadpoles experienced 100% mortality when exposed to a high combination of the pesticides (2.0 mg/L atrazine, 2.54 mg/L metolachlor, 1.0 mg/L chlorpyrifos) whereas low concentrations of the pesticides (0.2 mg/L atrazine, 0.25 mg/L metolachlor, 0.1 mg/L chlorpyrifos) or high concentrations of either herbicides or insecticide alone caused lethargy, reduced growth and delayed metamorphosis but no significant mortality. In the field high herbicide, low insecticide and low herbicide, low insecticide mixtures significantly reduced amphibian populations compared to controls but in the low herbicide, low insecticide wetlands amphibian populations were able to recover through recruitment by the end of the season.
Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Synergistic effects of a combined exposure to herbicides and an insecticide in Hyla versicolor
Issue 1443
Year Published 2003
Language English
Larger Work Title ASTM Special Technical Publication
First page 111
Last page 129
Conference Title Multiple Stressor Effects in Relation to Declining Amphibian Populations
Conference Location Pittsburgh, PA
Conference Date 16 April 2002 through 17 April 2002
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