Exposure, postexposure, and density-mediated effects of atrazine on amphibians: Breaking down net effects into their parts

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-50

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Sager, Tyler ^b   Sesterhenn, Timothy M ^b   Palmer, Brent D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Atrazine; Density dependence; Development; Endocrine disruption; Nonlinear dose response; Pesticide; Postexposure effects; Salamander

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HERBICIDE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALAMANDER; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; HERBICIDES; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; URODELA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA;

EID: 30344459432     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8405     Document Type: Article

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