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Smith, Heather.

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Impact of The Fire Ant Pesticide Hydramethylnon (Amdro®) on Loggerhead Sea Turtle Reproductive Success and Hatchling Quality.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Impact of The Fire Ant Pesticide Hydramethylnon (Amdro®) on Loggerhead Sea Turtle Reproductive Success and Hatchling Quality./
作者:	Smith, Heather.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
面頁冊數:	51 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 81-03.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International81-03.
標題:	Biology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13883639
ISBN:	9781085642125

Impact of The Fire Ant Pesticide Hydramethylnon (Amdro®) on Loggerhead Sea Turtle Reproductive Success and Hatchling Quality.
Smith, Heather.

Impact of The Fire Ant Pesticide Hydramethylnon (Amdro®) on Loggerhead Sea Turtle Reproductive Success and Hatchling Quality. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 51 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 81-03.

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Invasive fire ants are aggressive predators of ground nesting birds and reptiles and are spreading rapidly throughout tropical and temperate climates. Fire ants have been known to prey on a variety of reptile species, including threatened loggerhead sea turtles. The granular fire ant bait AMDRO® is being used on sea turtle nesting beaches to protect nests and hatchlings from these predators, however no studies have been conducted to thoroughly assess its effect on any reptile species. In this field study, I examined the impact of AMDRO® on hatching and emergence success, body condition, and orientation behavior in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in Juno Beach, Florida, USA. Pesticide granules were placed in a one-foot diameter circle directly above nest chambers during the final 5-10 days of incubation, which is representative of typical field applications of this pesticide on nesting beaches. Two controls were used in this study: cornmeal granules in soybean oil served as the vehicle control, and a second group of untreated control nests were left to incubate naturally, undisturbed. After a natural emergence, hatchlings were collected to calculate a body condition index (BCI). For a subset of the nests, 20 hatchlings were collected to perform orientation assays to assess the hatchlings' ability to orient correctly toward the ocean, a visually mediated process that could be altered by visual impairments resulting from ADMRO® exposure. Three days following a mass emergence event, nests were excavated to collect hatching and emergence success data. Sand samples were collected to determine if the toxicant persisted in the environment or penetrated the egg chamber. Analyses indicated that the toxicant had no effect on hatchling morphology, hatching success, or emergence success. It also had no effect on the ability of hatchlings to orient toward the ocean. However, the pesticide granules attracted more predators than were seen at control nests. Thus, while AMDRO® might not directly impact reproductive success or hatchling behavior, it had the unanticipated effect of possibly increasing nest vulnerability to predators.

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