Environmental impact of fipronil to the Louisiana crawfish industry

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-299

  Bedient, Philip B ^a   Horsak, Randy D ^b   Schlenk, Dan ^c   Hovinga, Rik M ^a   Pierson, Julia D ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b 3TM International Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crawfish; Environmental impact; Fipronil; Louisiana; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CURCULIONIDAE; LISSORHOPTRUS ORYZOPHILUS;

EID: 27744496414     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920500194530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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