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Chaiyasing R, Jinagool P, Wipassa V, Kusolrat P, Aengwanich W. Impact of rising temperature on physiological and biochemical alterations that affect the viability of blood cells in American bullfrog crossbreeds. Heliyon 2024; 10:e32416. [PMID: 38933952 PMCID: PMC11200338 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 06/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The study aimed to examine the impact of increasing environmental temperatures on physiological changes, oxidative stress, nitric oxide production, total antioxidant capacity, and blood cell viability in American bullfrog crossbreeds. Frogs and frog blood cells were exposed to temperature ranges of 25-33 °C and 25-37 °C, respectively. Physiological parameters (body temperature, pulse rate, ventilation rate, and oxygen saturation) and biochemical parameters (total antioxidant power, hydrogen peroxide, malondialdehyde, nitric oxide, and mitochondrial activity) were measured at every 2 °C increment. Results showed that body temperature rose with increased environmental temperature (P < 0.05). Pulse rates at 33 °C were higher than those at 25-31 °C (P < 0.05). Ventilation rates at 31 °C exceeded those at 25 °C and 27 °C (P < 0.05). Oxygen saturation levels remained stable at 25-33 °C (P > 0.05). Total antioxidant power at 25 °C was greater than at 27-37 °C (P < 0.05). Hydrogen peroxide levels at 27 °C were higher compared to 25 °C and 31-37 °C (P < 0.05). Malondialdehyde levels at 25-33 °C were higher than at 35 °C and 37 °C (P < 0.05). Nitric oxide levels at 37 °C were higher than at 25-33 °C (P < 0.05), and at 35 °C were higher than at 25-31 °C (P < 0.05). Blood cell viability at 25-31 °C was higher than at 37 °C (P < 0.05). These results suggest that at an environmental temperature of 33 °C, the frogs' body temperature approached 31 °C or higher, and were likely to be harmful to the frogs. Finally, the environmental temperature that caused frog blood cell death was 37 °C.
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- Stress and Oxidative Stress in Animal Research Unit of Mahasarakham University, Thailand
- Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, 44000, Thailand
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- Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, 44000, Thailand
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhonratchasima Rajabhat University, Nakhonratchasima, 30000, Thailand
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- Stress and Oxidative Stress in Animal Research Unit of Mahasarakham University, Thailand
- Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, 44000, Thailand
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Natchev N, Koynova T, Tachev K, Doichev D, Marinova P, Velkova V, Jablonski D. Temperature regulation in the Balkan spadefoot ( Pelobates balcanicus Karaman, 1928) at the beginning of nocturnal activity. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13647. [PMID: 35860047 PMCID: PMC9291013 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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On land, the amphibians interact with the environment in a complex way-even small changes in the physiological conditions may significantly impact the behaviour and vice versa. In ectothermic tetrapods, the transition from inactive to active phase may be related to important changes in their thermal status. We studied the thermal ecology of adult Balkan spadefoots (Pelobates balcanicus Karaman, 1928) in northeastern Bulgaria. These toads spend the daytime buried between 10 and 15 cm in sandy substrates, and emerge after sunset. On the substrate, their thermal energy exchange is defined by the absence of heat flow from the sun. Secondary heat sources, like stored heat and infrared radiation from the soil play an important role for the thermal balance of the active spadefoot toads. At the beginning of their daily activity, we measured substrate temperature (at a depth of 11-12 cm), toad's surface body temperature, and also provided thermal profiles of the animals and the substrate surface in their microhabitats. In animals which recently emerged from the substrate, the temperature was comparatively higher and was closer to that of the subsoil on the spot. After that, body temperature decreased rapidly and continued to change slowly, in correlation with air temperature. We detected a temperature gradient on the dorsal surface of the toads. On the basis of our measurements and additional data, we discuss the eventual role of air humidity and the effects of surface and skin water evaporation on the water balance and activity of the investigated toads.
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- Nikolay Natchev
- Shumen University, Shumen, Bulgaria,University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Vimercati G, Kruger N, Secondi J. Land cover, individual's age and spatial sorting shape landscape resistance in the invasive frog Xenopus laevis. J Anim Ecol 2021; 90:1177-1190. [PMID: 33608946 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The description of functional connectivity is based on the quantification of landscape resistance, which represents species-specific movement costs across landscape features. Connectivity models use these costs to identify movement corridors at both individual and population levels and provide management recommendations for populations of conservation interest. Typically, resistance costs assigned to specific land cover types are assumed to be valid for all individuals of the population. Little attention has been paid to intraspecific variation in resistance costs due to age or dispersal syndrome, which may significantly affect model predictions. We quantified resistance costs in an expanding invasive population of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis in Western France. In this principally aquatic amphibian, juveniles, sub-adults and adults disperse overland. The enhancement of dispersal traits via spatial sorting has been also observed at the range periphery of the population. Resistance costs, and thus connectivity, might vary as a function of life stage and position within the invaded range. We assessed multiple dimensions of functional connectivity. On various land cover types, we measured locomotion, as crossing speed, in different post-metamorphic age classes, and dehydration, sensitivity of locomotion to dehydration and substrate preference in juveniles. We also tested the effect of the position in the invaded range (core vs. periphery) on individual performances. In juveniles, general trends towards higher resistance costs on grass and lower resistance costs on bare soil and asphalt were observed, although not all experiments provided the same cost configurations. Resistance to locomotion varied between age classes, with adults and sub-adults facing lower costs than juveniles, particularly when crossing structurally complex land cover types such as grass and leaf litter. The position in the range had a minor effect on landscape resistance, and only in the dehydration experiment, where water loss in juveniles was lower at the range periphery. Depicting functional connectivity requires (a) assessing multiple dimensions of behavioural and physiological challenges faced by animals during movement; (b) considering factors, such as age and dispersal syndrome, that may affect movement at both individual and population levels. Ignoring this complexity might generate unreliable connectivity models and provide unsupported management recommendations for conservation.
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne, France.,Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Angers, Angers, France.,Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne, France
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Andersen D, Borzée A, Jang Y. Predicting global climatic suitability for the four most invasive anuran species using ecological niche factor analysis. Glob Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ginal P, Mokhatla M, Kruger N, Secondi J, Herrel A, Measey J, Rödder D. Ecophysiological models for global invaders: Is Europe a big playground for the African clawed frog? JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART 2020; 335:158-172. [PMID: 33264517 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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One principle threat prompting the worldwide decline of amphibians is the introduction of nonindigenous amphibians. The African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis, is now one of the widest distributed amphibians occurring on four continents with ongoing range expansion including large parts of Europe. Species distribution models (SDMs) are essential tools to predict the invasive risk of these species. Previous efforts have focused on correlative approaches but these can be vulnerable to extrapolation errors when projecting species' distributions in nonnative ranges. Recent developments emphasise more robust process-based models, which use physiological data like critical thermal limits and performance, or hybrid models using both approaches. Previous correlative SDMs predict different patterns in the potential future distribution of X. laevis in Europe, but it is likely that these models do not assess its full invasive potential. Based on physiological performance trials, we calculate size and temperature-dependent response surfaces, which are scaled to geographic performance layers matching the critical thermal limits. We then use these ecophysiological performance layers in a standard correlative SDM framework to predict the potential distribution in southern Africa and Europe. Physiological performance traits (standard metabolic rate and endurance time of adult frogs) are the main drivers for the predicted distribution, while the locomotor performance (maximum velocity and distance moved in 200 ms) of adults and tadpoles have low contributions.
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- Philipp Ginal
- Herpetological Section, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.,Rondevlei Scientific Services, Garden Route National Park, South African National Parks, Sedgefield, South Africa
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.,Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne, France.,Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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- Département Adaptations du Vivant, MECADEV UMR7179 CNRS/MNHN, Paris, France
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Herpetological Section, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany
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