Toxicity of atrazine to the juvenile hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-394

  Lawton, Jennifer C ^a,b   Pennington, Paul L ^c   Chung, Katy W ^c   Scott, Geoffrey I ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous; Atrazine; Juvenile clams; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE;

ATRAZINE; BIOASSAY; BIVALVE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY MASS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LABORATORY TEST; LC 50; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HERBICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MERCENARIA; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 33749404822     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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