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Article: Metabolic effects of acute exposure to methoprene in the American lobster, Homarus americanus.
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- Journal of Shellfish Research
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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ABSTRACT Methoprene was a constituent of the pesticide cocktail applied to the Western Long Island Sound (WLIS) watershed area during the summer of 1999. Subsequently, the seasonal lobster catches from the WLIS have decreased dramatically. We have been engaged in ongoing studies of the effects of methoprene on larval, juvenile and adult lobsters. Most recently, we found that Stage IV larvae exposed to 50 ppb methoprene experience >90% mortality rate after 3 days. Bioaccumulation studies on adult lobsters showed that methoprene concentrated against the gradient of the surrounding seawater (50 ppb) in hepatopancreas (1.55 ppm), gonad (5.18 ppm), epithelial tissue (6.17 ppm) ...
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