The influence of temperature (25 and 32 °C) on the negative effects of the herbicide tebuthiuron (TBU, 0, 10, 50 and 200 ng.L-1, 16 days) on thyroid function and metamorphosis of Lithobates catesbeianus tadpoles was evaluated. Metamorphosis was accelerated by TBU exposure at 25 ºC, but delayed at 32 ºC with considerable losses of body mass. T3 and T4 levels were not altered. The highest TBU concentrarion at 25 ºC increased TR β and DIO3 transcript levels, which is consistent with development acceleration in tadpoles. At 32 ºC TR β transcript levels were lower than the values recorded at 25 ºC, and those tadpoles exposed to the highest TBU concentration presented increased diameter of thyroid follicles compared to controls at same temperature. This study evidences that TBU at environmentally realistic concentrations is able to disrupt thyroidogenesis in bullfrog tadpoles, impairing their development. These effects are influenced by temperature.
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 44 Circle Drive SW 2145, PO Box 1099, Edwardsville, IL, USA, 62026.
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Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Apartado, 159-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica.
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Transmission Electronic Microscopy Laboratory, Electronic Microscopy Unit, Department of Biology, University of Cauca, Popayán, 190002, Colombia.
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Department of Mathematics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
This study analyzes the influences of surface reactions on the natural convective flow, temperature, and oxygen concentration distributions in vertically placed multilayered cavities. A mathematical model for this problem is formulated with proper boundary conditions. At first, the governing equations are made dimensionless using the variable transformations.
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Institute of Mathematics, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
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