INVESTIGADORES
PEREYRA Laura Cecilia
artículos
Título:
Artificial light at night and captivity induces differential effects on leukocyte profile, body condition, and erythrocyte size of a diurnal toad
Autor/es:
GASTÓN, MARÍA S.; PEREYRA, LAURA C.; VAIRA, MARCOS
Revista:
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology
Editorial:
John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Referencias:
Año: 2019
ISSN:
2471-5638
Resumen:
Light pollution or artificial lighting at night (ALAN) is an emerging threat to biodiversity that can disrupt physiological processes and behaviors. Because ALAN stressful effects are little studied in diurnal amphibian species, we investigated if chronic ALAN exposure affects the leukocyte profile, body condition, and blood cell sizes of a diurnal toad. We hand-captured male toads of Melanophryniscus rubriventris in Angosto de Jaire (Jujuy, Argentina). We prepared blood smears from three groups of toads: ?field? (toads processed in the field immediately after capture), ?natural light? (toads kept in the laboratory under captivity with natural photoperiod), and ?constant light? (toads kept in the laboratory under captivity with constant photoperiod/ALAN). We significantly observed higher neutrophil proportions and neutrophils to lymphocytes ratio in toads under constant light treatment. In addition, we observed significantly better body condition and higher erythrocyte size in field toads compared with captive toads. In summary, ALAN can trigger a leukocyte response to stress in males of the diurnal toad M. rubriventris. In addition, captivity can affect the body condition and erythrocyte size of these toads.