Acute and chronic life cycle toxicity of acenaphthene and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol to the midge Paratanytarsus parthenogeneticus (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-44

  Meier, Peter G ^a   Choi, Kyungho ^a   Sweet, Leonard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Trichlorophenol; Acenaphthene; Life cycle toxicity; Midge; Paratanytarsus parthenogeneticus

Indexed keywords

2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACENAPHTHENES; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPHENOLS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; PARATANYTARSUS PARTHENOGENETICUS;

EID: 0033863967     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(00)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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