Hatching success and pesticide exposures in amphibians living in agricultural habitats of the South Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada (2004-2006)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1593-1603

  Bishop, Christine A ^a   Ashpole, Sara L ^b   Edwards, A Michelle ^c   Van Aggelen, Graham ^a   Elliott, John E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amphibian; Hatching success; Pesticides; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HERBICIDES; LANDFORMS; ORCHARDS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL HABITAT; AMPHIBIAN; ATRAZINES; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CHLORPYRIFOS; COLUMBIA; GREAT BASIN; HATCHING SUCCESS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; REFERENCE SITES; SAMPLE SIZES; STEPWISE REGRESSION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS;

ATRAZINE; CHLORIDE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMPYLATE; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMPHIBIAN; ATRAZINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; HATCHING; INORGANIC SALT; ORCHARD; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BUFO BOREAS; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDUCTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HABITAT; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SPEA INTERMONTANA; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EGG LAYING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; OKANAGAN VALLEY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OVIPOSITION; PESTICIDES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77955726077     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.202     Document Type: Article

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