Effects of aquatic exposure to the insecticide carbaryl and density on aquatic and terrestrial growth and survival in american toads

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1963-1969

  Distel, Christopher A ^a   Boone, Michelle D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo americanus; Carbaryl; Competition; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; AQUATIC EXPOSURE; BUFO AMERICANUS; CARBARYL; HIGH DENSITY; LIFE STAGES; MESOCOSMS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PERIPHYTONS; SINGLE MECHANISMS; SIZE DIFFERENCE;

COMPETITION;

INSECTICIDES;

CARBARIL;

INSECTICIDE; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; PERIPHYTON; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOAD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CARBARYL; INSECTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS;

EID: 77649225364     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/09-026.1     Document Type: Article

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