Nontarget effects of a test application of diflubenzuron to the forest canopy on stream macroinvertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1344-1351

  Hurd, Martin K ^a   Perry, Sue A ^a   Perry, William B ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diflubenzuron; Nontarget effects; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

DIFLUBENZURON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; FOOD CHAIN; FOREST; INSECT CONTROL; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBELLARIA; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029801665     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150813     Document Type: Article

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