Effect of malathion on survival, growth, and food consumption of indian cricket frog (Limnonectus limnocharis) tadpoles

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-256

  Gurushankara, H P ^a   Krishnamurthy, S V ^a   Vasudev, V ^a  

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MALATHION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALATHION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL;

AGROECOSYSTEM; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIA; LARVA; MALATHION; RANIDAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ACRIS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 33845723687     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0015-5     Document Type: Article

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