Using a freshwater amphipod in situ bioassay as a sensitive tool to detect pesticide effects in the field

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1172-1176

  Schulz, Ralf ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Field study; In situ testing; Insecticides; Runoff

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDES; RAIN; RUNOFF; TOXICITY;

TOXICITY TESTING;

BIOASSAY;

AZINPHOS METHYL; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENDOSULFAN; PESTICIDE; RUNOFF;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; AZINPHOSMETHYL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENDOSULFAN; FRESH WATER; FRUIT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PESTICIDES; RAIN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; PULEX;

EID: 0037403989     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<1172:UAFAIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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