Journal article
Contaminant effects on host‐parasite interactions: atrazine, frogs, and trematodes
Abstract
The effects of contaminants on multispecies interactions can be difficult to predict. The herbicide atrazine is commonly used in North America for corn crops, runs off into wetlands, and has been implicated in the increasing susceptibility of larval frogs to trematode parasites. Using experimental challenges with free-living stages of trematodes (cercariae), it was found that Rana sylvatica tadpoles exposed to 30 microg/L of atrazine had …
Authors
Koprivnikar J; Forbes MR; Baker RL
Journal
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 26, No. 10, pp. 2166–2170
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
October 1, 2007
DOI
10.1897/07-220.1
ISSN
0730-7268