Effects of carbaryl on green frog (Rana clamitans) tadpoles: Timing of exposure versus multiple exposures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2695-2702

  Boone, Michelle D ^a,b   Bridges, Christine M ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Anuran; Carbaryl; Pesticide; Rana clamitans

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PESTICIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS; TOXICITY;

TANK PONDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBARIL; PESTICIDE;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FROG; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FROG; METAMORPHOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA CLAMITANS; SPRING; SUMMER; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; CARBARYL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANIDAE; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOS TAURUS; RANA CLAMITANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141557585     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-401     Document Type: Article

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