Effects of agricultural pond eutrophication on survival and health status of Scinax nasicus tadpoles

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-197

  Peltzer, Paola M ^a,b   Lajmanovich, Rafael C ^a,b   Sánchez Hernandez, Juan C ^c   Cabagna, Mariana C ^b   Attademo, Andrés M ^a,b   Bassó, Agustín ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Agroecosystems; Amphibian; Eutrophication; Scinax nasicus; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMPHIBIAN; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATUS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PARASITE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POND; SURVIVAL;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EUTROPHICATION; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOLYSIS; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POND; SCINAX NASICUS; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANURA; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTES; EUTROPHICATION; LARVA; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; SCINAX NASICUS;

EID: 40849089398     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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