Effects of the mosquito larvicides temephos and methoprene on insect populations in experimental ponds

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 678-684

  Pinkney, Alfred E ^a   McGowan, Peter C ^a   Murphy, Daniel R ^a   Lowe, T Peter ^b   Sparling, Donald W ^b   Ferrington, Leonard C ^c  

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

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Methoprene; Nontarget impacts Insects; Temephos

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT; METHOPRENE; TEMEFOS;

MOSQUITO; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; INSECT CONTROL; MONITORING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHAOBORUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; ODONATA;

EID: 0034003758     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190320     Document Type: Article

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