HERPESTI

"Characterizing the risk of pesticide use on amphibian and reptile populations based on multiple, ecologically relevant responses"

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITAET KOBLENZ-LANDAU    more  Organization address address: RHABANUSSTRASSE 3 city: MAINZ postcode: 55118 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Simone Cognome: Mertel-Scherer Email: send email Telefono: 4961310000000 Fax: 496134000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	223˙778 €
EC contributo	223˙778 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-04-01   -   2016-03-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITAET KOBLENZ-LANDAU  Organization address address: RHABANUSSTRASSE 3 city: MAINZ postcode: 55118 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Simone Cognome: Mertel-Scherer Email: send email Telefono: 4961310000000 Fax: 496134000000	DE (MAINZ)	coordinator	223˙778.40

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Environmental pollution is recognized as one of the major causes involved in amphibian global declines, in spite of which amphibians are not considered in risk assessment of some pollutants like pesticides, being supposedly protected through data retrieved from other vertebrate taxa. This proposal has two focuses; on the one hand, I will identify the impact of pesticides on amphibian populations using novel, ecologically relevant endpoints indicative of population status and viability, such as reproductive behaviours, immune response and pathogen resistance. On the other hand, I will use these ecologically relevant endpoints to check whether protocols of risk assessment of pesticides are effective in protecting amphibians and reptiles from their impact; with this purpose I will compare the pesticide effects on native amphibians and reptiles based on reproductive, immunological and behavioural studies, with effects on surrogate taxa. A field monitoring in areas of pesticide use will serve to characterize the exposure in realistic scenarios. The relevance of the proposal lies in that it i) deals with a recognized major environmental problem (i.e. amphibian and reptile declines) from the perspective of multiple stressors, ii) presents a clear multidisciplinary scope combining zoology, ecology, toxicology, immunology and analytical chemistry, iii) shows many possibilities for transfer of knowledge to governmental agencies through the identification of relevant guidelines for conducting pesticide risk assessment, and to the industrial sector through the development of the best models to be used in such risk assessments; and iv) has potential for further development as validated models will be useful in extended taxonomical, geographical or chemical scales'