Response of aquatic communities from a Vermont stream to environmentally realistic atrazine exposure in laboratory microcosms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 410-419

  Gruessner, Barry ^a   Watzin, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Indirect effects; Microcosm; Stream invertebrates; Vermont

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029872997     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0410:ROACFA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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