Acute toxicity of emamectin benzoate and its desmethyl metabolite to Eohaustorius estuarius

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1816-1820

  Kuo, Jen Ni ^a   Buday, Craig ^b   Van Aggelen, Graham ^b   Ikonomou, Michael George ^c   Pasternak, John ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Pacific Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desmethyl metabolite; Emamectin benzoate; Eohaustrorius estuarius; Marine amphipod toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; ACUTE TOXICITY; DECAY PATTERNS; DESMETHYL METABOLITE; EMAMECTIN BENZOATE; EOHAUSTORIUS ESTUARIUS; EOHAUSTRORIUS ESTUARIUS; MARINE AMPHIPOD TOXICITY; WEST COAST; WET WEIGHT;

METABOLISM; METABOLITES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY;

BIOMOLECULES;

4' EPIAMINO 4' AVERMECTIN; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EMAMECTIN BENZOATE; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIPOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; METABOLITE; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEA; EOHAUSTORIUS ESTUARIUS; LETHAL DOSE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IVERMECTIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRUSTACEA; EOHAUSTORIUS ESTUARIUS;

EID: 77955669121     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.209     Document Type: Article

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