Influence of fipronil compounds and rice-cultivation land-use intensity on macroinvertebrate communities in streams of southwestern Louisiana, USA

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 491-503

  Mize, Scott V ^a   Porter, Stephen D ^b   Demcheck, Dennis K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fipronil; Louisiana; Macroinvertebrates; NAWQA; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; LAND USE; PESTICIDES; TOXICITY;

MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES;

CROPS;

FIPRONIL;

ABUNDANCE; CULTIVATION; INSECTICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; RICE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AEDES; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LAND USE; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; RICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULIUM; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; LOUISIANA; ORYZA SATIVA; PYRAZOLES; RIVERS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749152281     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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