Toxicity of glyphosate as Glypro® and LI700 to red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) embryos and early hatchlings

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2768-2774

  Sparling, Donald W ^a   Matson, Cole ^b   Bickham, John ^b   Doelling Brown, Paige ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Glyphosate; LI700; Red eared sliders; Trachemys

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

EMBRYO; GLYPHOSATE; RED-EARED SLIDERS; TRACHEMYS;

HERBICIDES;

GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; LI700; SURFACTANT;

ADULT; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYPHOSATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUCCESSION; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC DAMAGE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; TURTLES;

REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845426257     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-152.1     Document Type: Article

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