Some ecological implications of a neem (azadirachtin) insecticide disturbance to zooplankton communities in forest pond enclosures

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-254

  Kreutzweiser, David P ^a   Sutton, Trent M ^b,c   Back, Richard C ^c   Pangle, Kevin L ^b,c   Thompson, Dean G ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological significance; Food web stability; Neem; Pesticide impact; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTIN; INSECTICIDE;

DISTURBANCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POND; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BREATHING; CLADOCERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; FOREST; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POND; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECTICIDES; LIMONINS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COPEPODA;

EID: 1942421282     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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