Tadpole size, cholinesterase activity, and swim speed in four frog species after exposure to sub-lethal concentrations of chlorpyrifos

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-18

  Widder, Pamela D ^a   Bidwell, Joseph R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Chlorpyrifos; Cholinesterase; Ecological relevance; Swim speed; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

BIOMARKER; CHLORPYRIFOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; INHIBITION; LARVA; NATIVE SPECIES; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SWIMMING;

ACRIS CREPITANS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FROG; GASTROPHRYNE OLIVACEA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACRIS CREPITANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; GASTROPHRYNE OLIVACEA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 43049164172     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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