Toxicity of α-, β-, (α + β)-endosulfan and their formulated and degradation products to Daphnia magna, Hyalella azteca, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus kisutch, and biological implications in streams

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1146-1154

  Wan, Michael T ^a   Kuo, Jen Ni ^a   Buday, Craig ^b   Schroeder, Grant ^b   Van Aggelen, Graham ^b   Pasternak, John ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Pacific Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coho salmon; Daphnia; Endosulfan toxicity; Hyalella rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; ISOMERS; TOXICITY; WATER;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FRESHWATER; TOXICOLOGY;

STREAM FLOW;

ENDOSULFAN;

BIOASSAY; ENDOSULFAN; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANADA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROWTH; HYALELLA AZTECA; LETHALITY; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SALMONID; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; STREAM (RIVER); SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; ENDOSULFAN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INSECTICIDES; KINETICS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MORTALITY; ONCORHYNCHUS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; AZTECA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 18244367136     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-300R1.1     Document Type: Article

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