Comparative acute toxicity of the commercial herbicides glyphosate to neotropical tadpoles Scinax nasicus (Anura: Hylidae)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-367

  Lajmanovich, R ^a,c   Lorenzatti, E ^b   Maitre, Ma I ^b   Enrique, S ^b   Peltzer, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b Inst Desarollo Tecn Indust Q   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Glyphosate; Scinax nasicus; Tadpoles; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; TOXICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; SCINAX;

EID: 0038324218     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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