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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020

Can environmental concentrations of glyphosate affect survival and cause malformation in amphibians? Effects from a glyphosate-based herbicide on Physalaemus cuvieri and P. gracilis (Anura: Leptodactylidae).

Jéssica Samara Herek, Luana Vargas, Suélen Andressa Rinas Trindade, Camila Fatima Rutkoski, Natani Macagnan, Paulo Afonso Hartmann, Marilia Teresinha Hartmann

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jéssica Samara HerekLaboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim Campus, ERS 135 - Km 72, n°200, Erechim, RS, Brazil.
Luana VargasLaboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim Campus, ERS 135 - Km 72, n°200, Erechim, RS, Brazil.
Suélen Andressa Rinas TrindadeLaboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim Campus, ERS 135 - Km 72, n°200, Erechim, RS, Brazil.
Camila Fatima RutkoskiLaboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim Campus, ERS 135 - Km 72, n°200, Erechim, RS, Brazil.
Natani MacagnanLaboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim Campus, ERS 135 - Km 72, n°200, Erechim, RS, Brazil.
Paulo Afonso HartmannLaboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim Campus, ERS 135 - Km 72, n°200, Erechim, RS, Brazil.
Marilia Teresinha HartmannLaboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim Campus, ERS 135 - Km 72, n°200, Erechim, RS, Brazil. marilia.hartmann@gmail.com.
Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul · BR

Funding

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior 001CSRD VA 1Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 2Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 3Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herbicides are the most common agrochemicals used in crops. Among them, glyphosate is the most widely applied in the world. Herbicides, especially organophosphates, have been shown to be hazardous to non-target species, including amphibians. The present study evaluated the acute and chronic effects of glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH), Roundup original® DI on tadpoles from two South American native species, Physalaemus cuvieri and P. gracilis. Spawnings were collected in the natural environment and maintained in the laboratory under controlled conditions. Acute and chronic toxicology trials began at stage 25 of Gosner (Herpetological 16:183-190, 1960). In an acute toxicity assay, seven GBH concentrations between 100 and 4500 μg a.e./L were tested over 96 h. For the chronic trials, tadpoles were subjected to both doses allowed by Brazilian legislation and to concentrations found in natural environment waters from Brazil and Argentina, between 65 and 1000 μg a.e/L over 14 days. Glyphosate had lethal effects on both studied species. Tadpoles showed shorter lengths and lower masses; that is, those that survived suffered chronic effects on growth and weight. The GBH maximum acceptable toxicant concentration for mortality and malformation was lower than the allowed level for Brazilian waters. The GBH tested in this study presented a high environmental and acute risk for the two studied species.

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AnuraHerbicidesAnimalsArgentinaBrazilGlycineGlyphosateLarvaGlycineGlyphosateHerbicidesAnuranEcotoxicologyEnvironmental riskGlyphosateMalformationTadpole

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PMID32319061
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