Exposure to heptachlor: Evaluation of the effects on the larval and adult epidermis of Rana kl. esculenta

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-160

  Fenoglio, Carla ^a   Grosso, Amelia ^a   Boncompagni, Eleonora ^a   Gandini, Carlo ^a   Milanesi, Gloria ^a   Barni, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzyme histochemistry; Epidermis ultrastructure; Heptachlor; Rana kl. esculenta; Survival; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

HEPTACHLOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EPIDERMIS; FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; ENZYMES; EPIDERMIS; HEPTACHLOR; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RANA ESCULENTA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 58149401062     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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