Atrazine and increased male production by Daphnia: The importance of combining field and laboratory approaches

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2352-2360

  Stoeckel, James A ^a,b   González, María J ^a   Oris, James T ^a   Kovach, Mathew J ^a   Mace, Kimberly M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acton Lake; Atrazine; Daphnia parvula; Male production; Methyl farnesoate

Indexed keywords

PEST CONTROL; WEED CONTROL;

ACTON LAKE; ATRAZINE; DAPHNIA PARVULA; MALE PRODUCTION; METHYL FARNESOATE;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATRAZINE; CRUSTACEAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FIELDWORK; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLONE; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA AMBIGUA; DAPHNIA PARVULA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; LABORATORY TEST; LAKE; MALE; MALE PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; DAPHNIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH;

ACTON LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA AMBIGUA; DAPHNIA PARVULA;

EID: 56049094087     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-564.1     Document Type: Article

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