Acute and chronic toxicity of technical-grade pesticides to glochidia and juveniles of freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2086-2093

  Bringolf, Robert B ^a   Cope, W Gregory ^a   Eads, Chris B ^a   Lazaro, Peter R ^a   Barnhart, M Christopher ^b   Shea, Damian ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early life stage; Fungicides; Herbicides; Insecticides; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER MUSSELS; PERMETHRINS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HERBICIDES; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY;

FUNGICIDES;

ATRAZINE; CHLOROTHALONIL; FIPRONIL; FUNGICIDE; PENDIMETHALIN; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PROPICONAZOLE; PYRACLOSTROBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIVALVE; FUNGICIDE; GROWTH; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; JUVENILE; LARVA; PARASITE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOCHIDIA; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; UNIONIDAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FRESH WATER; LARVA; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GLOCHIDIA; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 35348863633     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-522R.1     Document Type: Article

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