Insecticide species sensitivity distributions: Importance of test species selection and relevance to aquatic ecosystems

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 379-388

  Maltby, Lorraine ^a   Blake, Naomi ^a,b   Brock, Theo C M ^c   Van Den Brink, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Environmental Assessments   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Ecological risk assessment; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; TOXICITY; WATER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; FRESHWATER; HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS (HC); SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (SSD);

INSECTICIDES;

INSECTICIDE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INSECTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATION; INSECTICIDE APPLICATION; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; MICROCOSM; NEARCTIC; NONHUMAN; PALEARCTIC; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT WATER ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ZONE; TEST SPECIES; TROPICS; VERTEBRATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12344316043     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-025R.1     Document Type: Article

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