Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of endosulfan, azinphosmethyl, and diazinon on great basin spadefoot (spea intermontana) and Pacific treefrog (pseudacris regilla)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1604-1612

  De John Westman, Alexandra ^a,b   Elliott, Jong ^b   Kim, Cheng ^a   Van Aggelen, Graham ^b   Bishop, Christine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Azinphosmethyl; Diazinon; Endosulfan; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MORPHOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIBIANS; AZINPHOSMETHYL; DIAZINON; ENDOSULFANS; TADPOLES;

INSECTICIDES;

AZINPHOS METHYL; DIMPYLATE; ENDOSULFAN; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMBRYO; ENDOSULFAN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCITABILITY; FROG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LETHALITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPEA INTERMONTANA; SPECIES; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; ANURA; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AZINPHOSMETHYL; DIAZINON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LARVA; PESTICIDES;

EID: 77955762417     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.203     Document Type: Article

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