Acute and chronic toxicity of imidacloprid to the aquatic invertebrates Chironomus tentans and Hyalella azteca under constant- and pulse-exposure conditions

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 662-673

  Stoughton, Sarah J ^a   Liber, Karsten ^a   Culp, Joseph ^b   Cessna, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID;

AMPHIPOD; AQUATIC ORGANISM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FLY; GROWTH RATE; INSECTICIDE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATE; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; LONGEVITY; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 41849108471     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9073-6     Document Type: Article

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