Response of larval Xenopus laevis to atrazine: Assessment of growth, metamorphosis, and gonadal and laryngeal morphology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 396-405

  Carr, James A ^a   Gentles, Angie ^a   Smith, Ernest E ^a   Goleman, Wanda L ^a   Urquidi, Lina J ^a   Thuett, Kerry ^a   Kendall, Ronald J ^a   Giesy, John P ^b   Gross, Tim S ^c   Solomon, Keith R ^d   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Florida Caribbean Science Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Atrazine; Metamorphosis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WATER;

METAMORPHOSIS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ATRAZINE;

ATRAZINE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD FUNCTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARYNX MUCOSA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITISM; LARVA; LARYNX; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; SEX RATIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 12244301625     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0396:ROLXLT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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