Growth, development and sex ratios of Spotted Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) larvae exposed to atrazine and a herbicide mixture

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 807-813

  Spolyarich, Nicholas ^a   Hyne, Ross ^b   Wilson, Scott ^c   Palmer, Carolyn ^a   Byrne, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran; Atrazine; Gonad; Metamorphosis; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; GYNECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PESTICIDES; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ANURAN; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; GONAD; HERBICIDE EXPOSURE; INTERACTIVE TOXICITIES; METAMORPHOSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLES;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; BENTHIOCARB; METOLACHLOR;

ATRAZINE; FROG; GROWTH; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; FROG; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; LIMNODYNASTES TASMANIENSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; TADPOLE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANURA; LIMNODYNASTES TASMANIENSIS;

EID: 74449083701     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.11.048     Document Type: Article

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