Assessing dimethoate contamination in temperate and tropical climates: Potential use of biomarkers in bioassays with two chironomid species

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-154

  Domingues, Inês ^a   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^b,c   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^a   Nogueira, António J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Dimethoate; Glutathione S transferase; Toxicant induced alterations; Tropical and temperate chironomid species

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; PESTICIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHIRONOMIDS; DIMETHOATE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS; TOXICANT INDUCED ALTERATIONS; TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE CHIRONOMID SPECIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; DIMETHOATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; PESTICIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; FLY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIEFFERULUS CALLIGASTER; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; KIEFFERULUS;

EID: 34547524659     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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