Comparative susceptibility to atrazine of three developmental stages of Rhinella arenarum and influence on metamorphosis: Non-monotonous acceleration of the time to climax and delayed tail resorption

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-170

  Brodeur, Julie C ^a,b   Svartz, Gabriela ^a   Perez Coll, Cristina S ^a,c   Marino, Damian J G ^b   Herkovits, Jorge ^a  

^a Fundacion PROSAMA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo UNLP   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Atrazine; Endocrine disruption; Metamorphosis; Non monotonous dose response; U shaped

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; TOAD;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINELLA ARENARUM; TOAD;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 58149484797     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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