Sublethal effects of three pesticides on larval survivorship, growth, and macromolecule production in the aquatic midge, Chironomus tentans (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 352-359

  Rakotondravelo, Mamy L ^a,b   Anderson, Troy D ^a   Charlton, Ralph E ^a   Zhu, Kun Yan ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; PESTICIDE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ATRAZINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DDT; FLY; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHIROMONUS TENTANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD WEB; GROWTH; LABORATORY TEST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WORM;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; PESTICIDES; PROTEINS; RNA; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA;

EID: 33748162305     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0219-0     Document Type: Article

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