Increasing salinity stress decreases the thermal tolerance of amphibian tadpoles in coastal areas of Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Global warming is the main cause for the rise of both global temperatures and sea-level, both major variables threatening biodiversity. Rising temperatures threaten to breach the thermal limits of organisms while rising sea-level threatens the osmotic balance of coastal animals through habitat salinization. However, variations in thermal tolerance under different salinity stresses have not yet been thoroughly studied. In this study, we assessed the critical thermal maxima (CTmax) of amphibian tadpoles in different salinity conditions. We collected tadpoles of Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Fejervarya limnocharis and Microhyla fissipes from coastal areas and housed them in freshwater, low, and high salinity treatments for 7 days of acclimation. The CTmax, survival rate, and development rate of

SUBMITTER: Chuang MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9151724 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature