Cholinesterase activity and behavior in chlorpyrifos-exposed Rana sphenocephala tadpoles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2446-2454

  Widder, Pamela D ^a,b   Bidwell, Joseph R ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Chlorpyrifos; Cholinesterase; Rana sphenocephala; Swim speed

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENZYMES; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; SWIM SPEED;

WATER POLLUTION;

CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; PESTICIDE; INSECTICIDE;

CHLORPYRIFOS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FROG; LARVA; METABOLISM; SEDIMENT;

AMPHIBIA; INVERTEBRATA; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; RANIDAE;

EID: 33750579716     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-522R.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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