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| Title |
Ambient UV-B radiation causes deformities in amphibian embryos
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, December 1997
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| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.94.25.13735 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andrew R. Blaustein, Joseph M. Kiesecker, Douglas P. Chivers, Robert G. Anthony |
| Abstract |
There has been a great deal of recent attention on the suspected increase in amphibian deformities. However, most reports of amphibian deformities have been anecdotal, and no experiments in the field under natural conditions have been performed to investigate this phenomenon. Under laboratory conditions, a variety of agents can induce deformities in amphibians. We investigated one of these agents, UV-B radiation, in field experiments, as a cause for amphibian deformities. We monitored hatching success and development in long-toed salamanders under UV-B shields and in regimes that allowed UV-B radiation. Embryos under UV-B shields had a significantly higher hatching rate and fewer deformities, and developed more quickly than those exposed to UV-B. Deformities may contribute directly to embryo mortality, and they may affect an individual's subsequent survival after hatching. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 191 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 6% |
| Brazil | 5 | 3% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| Portugal | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 164 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 41 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 7% |
| Professor | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 38 | 20% |
| Unknown | 35 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 117 | 61% |
| Environmental Science | 18 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 4% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 1% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 3% |
| Unknown | 39 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 July 2023.
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