Low exposure concentrations of atrazine increase male production in Daphnia pulicaria

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1568-1573

  Dodson, Stanley I ^a   Merritt, Christine M ^a   Shannahan, Jon Paul ^a   Shults, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Daphnia; Exposure response; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

HERBICIDE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0032993389     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1568:LECOAI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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