Influence of water temperature on acetylcholinesterase activity in the Pacific tree frog (Hyla regilla)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2074-2077

  Johnson, Catherine S ^a   Schwarzbach, Steven E ^b   Henderson, John D ^c   Wilson, Barry W ^c   Tjeerdema, Ronald S ^c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Frog; Inhibition; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENZYMES; PESTICIDES; PROTEINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; TADPOLES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

TOXICITY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; UNITED STATES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANURA; HYLIDAE; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA;

EID: 23744482403     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-508R.1     Document Type: Article

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