The toxicity of roundup original max®to 13 species of larval amphibians

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2004-2008

  Relyea, Rick A ^a   Jones, Devin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudata; Ecotoxicology; Nontarget; Pesticide; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

ACID EQUIVALENTS; ANURAN SPECIES; AUSTRALIA; CAUDATA; DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; GLYPHOSATES; LETHAL CONCENTRATION;

ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

HERBICIDES;

GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; POLYETHOXYLATED TALLOWAMINE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIAN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GLYPHOSATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PESTICIDE; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FROG; LARVA; LC 50; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URODELA;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMBYSTOMA GRACILE; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; BUFONIDAE; CAUDATA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PSEUDACRIS; RANA PIPIENS; RANIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 77649211361     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/09-021.1     Document Type: Article

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