Comparative contaminant toxicity: Are amphibian larvae more sensitive than fish?

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 562-569

  Bridges, C M ^a   Dwyer, F J ^b   Hardesty, D K ^c   Whites, D W ^c  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b US Fish & Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NONYLPHENOL; CARBARIL; COPPER; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PERMETHRIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FROG; LC 50; NONHUMAN; TADPOLE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; FISHES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; RANIDAE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036819228     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0098-2     Document Type: Article

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