A new method for early assessment of effects of exposing two non-target crustacean species, Asellus aquaticus and Gammarus fossarum, to pesticides, a laboratory study

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-228

  Lukančič, Simon ^a   Žibrat, Uroš ^a   Mezek, Tadej ^a   Jerebic, Andreja ^a   Simčič, Tatjana ^a   Brancelj, Anton ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

atrazine; electron transport system (ETS); imidacloprid; non target species; pesticide stress assessment; respiration (R)

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; IMIDACLOPRID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; BREATHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPOSURE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LC 50; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMIDAZOLES; ISOPODA; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PESTICIDES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM;

EID: 77951694360     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710362379     Document Type: Article

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