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Study: Insecticide decimates tadpoles   add a comment about this item

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December 2009

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Researchers in the US have shown that even small doses of insecticides can have devastating effects on amphibian populations by acting upon other parts of the food chain. In a study using the most popular insecticide in the US, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh demonstrated that minute amounts of the chemical cause a biological chain of events that deprives tadpoles of their primary food sources.

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SUBLETHAL EFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD WEBS

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Amphibians [2917]; Amphibia (Amphibians) [2833]