Premetamorphic Anuran tadpoles as test organism for an acute aquatic toxicity assay

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-121

  Ferrari, L ^a   Demichelis, S O ^b   Garcia, M E ^c   De La Torre, F R ^d   Salibian A ^c,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Bioassay; Pollution; Tadpole; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TOAD; TOXICITY TESTING; VARIANCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM;

EID: 0030980932     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1997)12:2<117::AID-TOX3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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