Toxicity of Abate® to green frog tadpoles

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 475-481

  Sparling, D W ^a   Lowe, T P ^a   Pinkney, A E ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; TEMEFOS; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; TADPOLE; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; FROG; INTOXICATION; LD 50; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; GUIDELINES; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; POISONING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANA ESCULENTA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TEMEFOS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030614763     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900359     Document Type: Article

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