ArticleFrontiers in zoology2017
Adaptive responses to salinity stress across multiple life stages in anuran amphibians.
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- Amphibian breeding phenology influences offspring size and response to a common wetland contaminant.Frontiers in zoology · 2021Article
- Evaluating corticosterone as a biomarker for amphibians exposed to increased salinity and ambient corticosterone.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- Physiological Response ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Influence of density and salinity on larval development of salt-adapted and salt-naïve frog populations.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
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- Developmental Stage Affects the Consequences of Transient Salinity Exposure in Toad Tadpoles.Integrative and comparative biology · 2019Article
- Comparative Analysis of Anuran Amphibian Skin Microbiomes Across Inland and Coastal Wetlands.Microbial ecology · 2019Article
- Seeking shelter from the storm: Conservation and management of imperiled species in a changing climate.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Early ontogeny and sequence heterochronies in Leiuperinae frogs (Anura: Leptodactylidae).PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn many regions, freshwater wetlands are increasing in salinity at rates exceeding historic levels. Some freshwater organisms, like amphibians, may be able to adapt and persist in salt-contaminated wetlands by developing salt tolerance. Yet adaptive responses may be more challenging for organisms with complex life histories, because the same environmental stressor can require responses across different ontogenetic stages. Here we investigated responses to salinity in anuran amphibians: a common, freshwater taxon with a complex life cycle. We conducted a meta-analysis to define how the lethality of saltwater exposure changes across multiple life stages, surveyed wetlands in a coastal region experiencing progressive salinization for the presence of anurans, and used common garden experiments to investigate whether chronic salt exposure alters responses in three sequential life stages (reproductive, egg, and tadpole life stages) in
resultsMeta-analysis revealed differential vulnerability to salt stress across life stages with the egg stage as the most salt-sensitive. Field surveys revealed that 25% of the species known to occur in the focal region were detected in salt-intruded habitats. Remarkably,
conclusionsCollectively, our data suggest that some species of anuran amphibians have divergent and adaptive responses to salt exposure across populations and across different life stages. We propose that anuran amphibians may be a novel and amenable natural model system for empirical explorations of adaptive responses to environmental change.
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