Toxicity of a glufosinate- and several glyphosate-based herbicides to juvenile amphibians from the Southern High Plains, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1065-1071

  Dinehart, Simon K ^a   Smith, Loren M ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^b   Smith, Philip N ^b   Haukos, David A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Glufosinate; Glyphosate; Ignite; Roundup

Indexed keywords

PAPER PRODUCTS; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; SONOLUMINESCENCE; SUBSTRATES; TOXICITY; WEED CONTROL;

AMPHIBIAN; GLUFOSINATE; GLYPHOSATE; IGNITE; ROUNDUP;

HERBICIDES;

HERBICIDE;

AMPHIBIAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HERBICIDE; JUVENILE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPADEFOOT; SURVIVAL; TOAD; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; NEW MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO COGNATUS; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 57049171869     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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