Andrés M Attademo

Universidad Nacional del Litoral | UNL · Department of Ecotoxicology

Microplastics (MPs) are critical emerging pollutants around the world. There is a growing interest in the effects of MP ingestion, non-digestion, and toxicity on aquatic organisms. Amphibian tadpoles are the vertebrate group that has received the least attention regarding this issue. The aim of the present study was to determine the ingestion of po...

The aim of the present study was to assess the ecotoxicity of glyphosate and glufosinate ammonium mixtures on amphibian tadpoles and the potential impact of mixture in aquatic ecosystems health. The bonding properties of the mixture based on computational chemistry and an experimental bioassay on morphology, DNA damage and biochemical biomarkers on...

Antiretrovirals are pharmaceuticals used in the treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus; they are contaminants of emerging concern that have received considerable attention in recent decades due to their potential negative environmental effects. Data on the bioaccumulation and possible environmental risks posed by these drugs to aquatic organ...

OBJETIVOS Evaluar a corto plazo (24-196 h, CP) y mediano plazo (3-4 meses, MP) los efectos de los incendios sobre el suelo, vegetación y fauna de tetrápodos en 17 humedales distribuidos en el río Paraná Medio (Jul.-Set. 2020). Vincular datos de campo y análisis espectrales (severidad normalizada-dNBR e índice de vegetación normalizada-NDVI) con i...

Manual de técnicas y protocolos para el relevamiento y estudio de anfibios de Argentina. Capítulo: Estudios tróficos

Objective The use of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) increased in the last year to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection due to its use as disinfectant and therapeutic human treatments against viral infections. The absence of toxicological studies and sanitary regulation of this contaminant represents a serious threat to human and environmental health worldwide. Th...

Manual de técnicas y protocolos para el relevamiento y estudio de anfibios de Argentina L a u r a P e r e y r a E d u a r d o E t c h e p a r e M a r c o s V a i r a E d i t o r e s 2021

Manual de técnicas y protocolos para el relevamiento y estudio de anfibios de Argentina L a u r a P e r e y r a E d u a r d o E t c h e p a r e M a r c o s V a i r a E d i t o r e s 2021

Tadpoles detect chemical signals released from predators and conspecifics, and those present in the environment, and adjust their behavioral responses. This study evaluated the swimming activity of Rhinella dorbignyi (Duméril and Bibron, 1941) tadpoles exposed to chemical signals, including cues from a predator fish Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, 19...

The effects of glyphosate (GLY)-based and glufosinate ammonium (GA)-based herbicides (GBH and GABH, respectively) and polyethylene microplastic particles (PEMPs) on Scinax squalirostris tadpoles were assessed. Tadpoles were exposed to nominal concentrations of both herbicides (from 1.56 to 100 mg L⁻¹) and PEMPs (60 mg L⁻¹), either alone or in combi...

Soil enzyme activities are often used as indicators of soil contamination. The responses of the activities of specific soil enzymes, dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase, β-glucosidase, carboxylesterase, and urease to different land uses (soybean and rice crops, and a reference site) were analyzed. Changes in activity at the start and end of each crop c...

The effects of exposure to the herbicide Dicamba (DIC) on tadpoles of two amphibian species, Scinax nasicus and Elachistocleis bicolor, were assessed. Mortality and biochemical sublethal effects were evaluated using acetylcholinesterase (AChE), glutathione S-transferase (GST), glutathione reductase (GR), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanin...

Amphibians find a suitable habitat in rice agroecosystems, but their viability is affected by the sublethal effects of agrochemicals. Animal condition, external morphology, and liver and male gonad tissue histology were examined on Lysapsus limellum and Rhinella bergi, common species that occurs in rice fields (RF) and reference sites (RS) from San...

This study increases our understanding of how diet-driven phenotypic plasticity can help non-target aquatic invertebrates deal with chlorpyrifos (CPO) exposure. A bioassay was performed over 6 days with the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium borellii. Experimental treatments included CPO-treated shrimps (10 μg L⁻¹) were fed with (i) a lipid-rich diet,...

Específicamente en Argentina, 5 millones de hectáreas de bosques nativos fueron deforestados rasamente en 16 años (1998-2014) siendo llamativo que el 95.8 % del área desmonta�da (4.754.747 hectáreas) no incluyó la zona núcleo de produc�ción de soja (Pampa Húmeda) y fue en regiones periféricas más secas (Cacace y Morina, 20193 ). Este avance hac...

Informe mortandad masiva de peces Rio Salado (Santa Fe, Argentina), enero 2021

Analysis of the zooplanktonic community in rice fields during a crop cycle in agroecological versus conventional management This study investigated the zooplankton community in rice fields with different management practices: conventional crop (CC) and agroecological crop (AE). In both wetlands, physicochemical parameters and pesticide residues in...

The presence of pesticides as well as that of several antibiotics provided at a great scale to poultry, cattle, and swine in aquatic environments within agroecosystems is a matter of growing concern. The objective of the present study was to characterize the sublethal effects of four environmental toxic compounds at two experimental pollution scena...

Dexamethasone (DEX) is a glucocorticoid highly effective as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressant and decongestant drug. In the present study, a preliminary acute toxicity test was assayed in order to determinate DEX median-lethal, lowest-observed-effect and the no-observed effect concentrations (LC50, LOEC and NOEC, respectively) on the common t...

Introduction: Recognition of the variety of ecosystem services that biodiversity performs in agroecosystems is one of the basic principles of agroecology. Because indices of functional diversity may be directly related with ecosystem services, an assessment of functional diversity can be useful for evaluating ecosystem services provided under agroe...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the bioaccumulation and toxicological effects of four antiretrovirals (lamivudine, stavudine, zidovudine and nevirapine) on Rhinella arenarum tadpoles, after short-term (48 h) exposure to these drugs at sublethal concentrations. The analytical procedure involved a simple extraction method followed by...

Dimethoate (D) are among the most commonly used organophosphates insecticides in the world. To evaluate the toxicity of two D formulations were selected as test organisms tadpoles of Rhinella arenarum. This toad species has an extensive neotropical distribution and is easy to handle and acclimate to laboratory conditions. The tadpoles were exposed...

The toxicity of glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) and arsenite (As(III)) as individual toxicants and in mixture (50:50 v/v, GBH-As(III)) was determined in Rhinella arenarum tadpoles during acute (48 h) and chronic assays (22 days). In both types of assays, the levels of enzymatic activity [Acetylcholinesterase (AChE), Carboxylesterase (CbE), and Glu...

In September 2005, the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) held a summit for the conservation of amphibians where specialists from around the world agreed that, in addition to the need to document the declines and extinctions, we need to promote action strategies designed to respond to the global biodiversity crisis. The outcome of this summit w...

Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is a broad spectrum pesticide commonly used for insect control, has great affinity for lipids and is thus a potential for bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of CPF using the common toad Rhinella arenarum via dermal uptake in plastic bucket to simulate their natural exposition...

Diversity of Anurans in Rice Fields under Organic and Conventional Management in Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Odontoprynus americanus tadpoles were used to determine the safety concentration of pyriproxyfen (PPF) insecticide by acute and sublethal toxicity tests (nominal range tested 0.01 to 10 [± 15%] PPF mg/L). Median lethal concentration (LC50) and no, and lowest-observed-effect concentrations (NOEC and LOEC, respectively) were calculated. We also asses...

Potential harmful effects of spent coffee grounds (SCGs)-derived biochar on earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) were investigated through two complementary experiments, which assessed the avoidance response of earthworms to biochar-amended soils (experiment 1), and the response of oxidative stress biomarkers and digestive enzymes (experiment 2). The...

Objective The ecotoxic effects of pesticide used for mosquito’s control TRISADA® (TRI) [deltamethrin (D) 1%+tetramethrin (T) 0.33%, and piperonyl butoxide (PB) 0.29%] on amphibian larvae were investigated. Methods In the laboratory, Rhinella arenarum tadpoles were exposed to nominal concentrations of 0.0000 (control; CO), 0.0003125% (C1); 0.000625...

Pomacea canaliculata is a freshwater snail native to South America that has become a serious pest of rice crops. Insecticides are used to control other pests in paddy fields and P. canaliculata is collaterally exposed. Here a P. canaliculata population from a rice field (RF) where the insecticides bifenthrin and imidacloprid (IMC) were applied was...

Assessment of organophosphorus (OP) pesticide exposure in non-target organisms rarely involves non-neural molecular targets. Here we performed a 30-d microcosm experiment with Lumbricus terrestris to determine whether the activity of digestive enzymes (phosphatase, β-glucosidase, carboxylesterase and lipase) was sensitive to chlorpyrifos (5 mg kg⁻¹...

Biochar is a carbon-rich solid generated by pyrolysis of biomass. This recalcitrant material provides multiple environmental services. For example, (a) biochar is used as a soil amendment for promoting soil fertility and quality, (b) it is an excellent remediation agent because of its high capability to immobilize, or stimulate biodegradation of, e...

Biochar is a carbon-rich solid generated by pyrolysis of biomass. This recalcitrant material provides multiple environmental services. For example, (a) biochar is used as a soil amendment for promoting soil fertility and quality, (b) it is an excellent remediation agent because of its high capability to immobilize, or stimulate biodegradation of, e...

Emerging contaminants derive from pharmaceuticals, pesticides, disinfection by-products, home and care products, and wood preservation and industrial chemicals that contain specific drugs, metals, metal oxides and metalloids as nanoparticles (NPs) in their formulations. Although the use of silicon dioxide (SiO2) NPs in commercial products increases...

The toxic or nutritionally deleterious effects resulting from the consumption of genetically modified (GM) foods are still a matter of debate worldwide. In amphibians, the environmental impact of the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin (e.g., Cry proteins) engineered into GM Bt crops is barely known. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate...

Poultry litter (PL), which is usually used as organic fertilizer, is a source of nutrients, metals, veterinary pharmaceuticals and bacterial pathogens, which, through runoff, may end up in the nearest aquatic ecosystems. In this study, Leptodactylus chaquensis at different development stages (eggs, larval stages 28 and 31 here referred to as stages...

Se cuantificaron y compararon los melanomacrófagos (MM) y la actividad de la enzima Glutatión S−Transferasa (GST) en hígados de ejemplares adultos de Leptodactylus chaquensis (Anura, Leptodactylidae) colectados en un cultivo de arroz (CA) (siete días posteriores a la aplicación de clorpirifos, CPF) y en un sitio de referencia (SR) en el departament...

Among the measures used to manage mosquito populations and prevent human diseases, the application of pesticides is the global strategy mostly employed. To investigate the lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides used to control mosquitoes on amphibians (Rhinella arenarum, Rhinella fernandezae, and Physalaemus albonotatus), tadpoles were expose...

The ecological risks posed by two β-diketone antibiotics (DKAs, enrofloxacin, ENR and ciprofloxacin, CPX), characterized by their long persistence in aqueous environments and known deleterious effect on model organisms such as zebrafish were analysed using Rhinella arenarum larvae. Sublethal tests were conducted using environmentally relevant conce...

Las especies de todos los grupos de organismos interactúan y están estrechamente relacionadas con otras por medio de una amplia variedad de mecanismos. Estos se han desarrollado a lo largo del tiempo por coevolución; un proceso permanente de selección recíproca entre organismos interrelacionados. Los sistemas de relación son promotores de la genera...

Las especies de todos los grupos de organismos interactúan y están estrechamente relacionadas con otras por medio de una amplia variedad de mecanismos. Estos se han desarrollado a lo largo del tiempo por coevolución; un proceso permanente de selección recíproca entre organismos interrelacionados. Los sistemas de relación son promotores de la genera...

We investigated the effects of exposure to molluscicidal metaldehyde (MET) on golden apple snail (GAS) Pomacea canaliculata and Rhinella arenarum tadpoles by assessing mortality and/or other effects via: acute toxicity assays; B-esterase activities (acetilcholinesterase (AChE) and carboxilesterase (CbE)) and oxidative responses (glutathione-S-trans...

An outdoor microcosm was performed with tadpoles (Rhinella arenarum) exposed to 125 μg L À 1 chlor-pyrifos and fed two types of food, i.e., lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and a formulated commercial pellet. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and carboxylesterase (CbE) activities were measured in liver and intestine after 10 days of pesticide exposure. Non-expos...

We report complete albinism in Leptodactylus chaquensis (Cei, 1950; Amphibia, Anura) larvae. Two foam nests were collected from an urban lake and maintained in outdoor tanks during metamorphosis. Different proportions of albino larvae and metamorphs occurred. This is the first observation of several larvae of L. chaquensis with albinisms from an ur...

To navigate in space most vertebrates need precise positional cues provided by a variety of sensors, including structures in the inner ear, which are exquisitely sensitive to gravity and linear acceleration. Although these structures have been described in many vertebrates, no information is available for anuran larvae. The purpose of our study was...

Amphibians have complex life cycles with aquatic and terrestrial life and uncovered skins; therefore, they are exposed to chemical contamination, where dermal exposure is a significant route for pesticide uptake in both habitats. In this study, measurements in blood samples such as levels of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), carboxylesterase (CbE), glu...

The relationship between male gonadal abnormalities and habitats with different degrees of agricultural activities was quantified in two anuran species, Rhinella fernandezae and Dendropsophus sanborni. The study sites were selected along a gradient of increasing agricultural land use in south-western Entre Ríos province (Argentina): an agroecosyste...

The assessment of micronucleated erythrocytes (ME) in blood represents a widely used method for the detection of chromosomal damage by chemical agents, such as herbicides that may occur as water contaminants. We investigated the changes in some circulating blood-cell parameters of tadpoles of the common toad (Rhinella arenarum) that were exposed du...