Sentences with phrase «sublethal levels»

While at sublethal levels, insecticide damage may not be evident, even such low level exposure clearly contributes to the inability of a honeybee to forage and return to the hive, which could result in declining bee populations.

A slew of new studies have shown that popular pesticides are likely decimating bee populations over the long - term and at the sublethal level, in other words while the pesticides don't kill the bees outright, their impacts may eventually lead to a complete breakdown of colonies.

Not exact matches

We still don't know the lethal and sublethal tolerances of deep sea stony corals to changing ocean pH levels.