Distribution of frogs in rice bays within an irrigated agricultural area: Links to pesticide usage and farm practices

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1255-1265

  Hyne, Ross V ^a   Spolyarich, Nick ^b   Wilson, Scott P ^c   Patra, Ronald W ^a   Byrne, Maria ^d   Gordon, Geoff ^a   Sánchez Bayo, Francisco ^b   Palmer, Carolyn G ^b  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Gonadal development; Metolachlor; Tadpole; Testis

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; GONADAL DEVELOPMENT; METOLACHLOR; TADPOLE; TESTIS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FARMS; HERBICIDES; HISTOLOGY; IRRIGATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WEED CONTROL;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; IRRIGATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAIZE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CORN; CRINIA PARINSIGNIFERA; FROG; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT; HISTOLOGY; INFECTION RATE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LINNODYNASTES FLETCHERI; LINNODYNASTES TASMANIENSIS; LITORIA RANIFORMIS; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEMALE; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; PESTICIDES; RANIDAE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COLEAMBALLY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALGAE; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CRINIA PARINSIGNIFERA; LIMNODYNASTES; LIMNODYNASTES FLETCHERI; LIMNODYNASTES TASMANIENSIS; LITORIA RANIFORMIS; METAMORPHA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649205835     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-388.1     Document Type: Article

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