Sentences with phrase «sublethal effects»

At field realistic doses, neonicotinoids cause a wide range of adverse sublethal effects in honeybee and bumblebee colonies, affecting colony performance through impairment of foraging success, brood and larval development, memory and learning, damage to the central nervous system, susceptibility to diseases, hive hygiene etc..

For her doctorate she studied the sublethal effects of several pesticides (with an emphasis on the neonicotinoid imidacloprid) on honey bees at the USDA lab in Beltsville under the mentorship of Dr. Jeff Pettis.

In my current research, I investigate the sublethal effects of neonicotinoids on olfactory processing and learning using in - vivo calcium imaging.

Sublethal effects related to insect behavior have been described in other studies; even a few nanograms of active ingredient disturbed the sense of taste, olfactory learning and motor activity of the bees.»

«The sublethal effects of entanglement have not been considered.»

But it has not been proved that they do this, or if sublethal effects occur and damage bee colonies on an important scale.

Among the greatest concerns is that compounds in oil called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) could have long - term sublethal effects on marine organisms that were at the peak of their spawning season when the spill began.

Sublethal effects are treated as less urgent, yet neonics subject bees to a variety of sublethal effects with long - term, fatal consequences.

We also observed reduced American toad tadpole activity in communities exposed to the highest NaCl concentration, a sublethal effect.

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The reproduction rate may be reduced by sublethal long - term effects of synthetic pesticides used in conventional agriculture.

The new methods also seek to better capture pesticides» sublethal and chronic effects on bees and shed insight on how the substances affect whole hives instead of focusing on individual bees.

Researchers at Michigan State University and the USDA - ARS's Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Ariz., are finding that sublethal doses of essential oils seem to offer mite - control benefits with fewer side effects.

Much of our knowledge about the direct sublethal and lethal effects of chloride contamination comes from single - species toxicity tests conducted under laboratory conditions.