Acute toxicity of dichlorvos to Aphanius iberus (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846) and its anti-cholinesterase effects on this species

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Varo I ^a   Amat, F ^b   Navarro, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphanius; Biomarkers; Cholinesterase (ChE); Dichlorvos; Fish; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

1,5 BIS(4 ALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUMPHENYL)PENTAN 3 ONE DIBROMIDE; ACETYLTHIOCHOLINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; DICHLORVOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

BIOMARKER; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITOR; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHANIUS IBERUS; ARTICLE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; FEMALE; FISH; HEAD; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASES; DICHLORVOS; FEMALE; KILLIFISHES; MALE; MUSCLES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

APHANIUS; APHANIUS IBERUS;

EID: 43049165759     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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