Ami Fadhillah Amir Abdul Nasir, Amanda C Niehaus, Skye F Cameron, Beata Ujvari, Thomas Madsen, Frank A von Hippel, Sisi Gao, Danielle M Dillon, C Loren Buck, Jordan Charters, Jaime Heiniger, Simone Blomberg, Robbie S Wilson
Reproductive costs must be balanced with survival to maximise lifetime reproductive rates; however, some organisms invest in a single, suicidal bout of breeding known as semelparity. The northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) is an endangered marsupial in which males, but not females, are semelparous. Northern quolls living near mining sites on Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia, accumulate manganese (Mn) in their brains, testes, and hair, and elevated Mn impacts motor performance. Whether Mn is associated with other health declines is yet unknown...
September 26, 2023: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry