Predator-prey interactions between Synbranchus marmoratus (Teleostei: Synbranchidae) and Hypsiboas pulchellus tadpoles (Amphibia: Hylidae): Importance of lateral line in nocturnal predation and effects of fenitrothion exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1233-1238

  Junges, Celina M ^a,b   Lajmanovich, Rafael C ^a,b   Peltzer, Paola M ^a,b   Attademo, Andres M ^a,b   Bassó, Agustín ^b  

^a National Council for Scientific and Technical Research ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Butyrylcholinesterase; Lateral line; Marbled swamp eel; Predation rate; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; LATERAL LINE; MARBLED SWAMP EEL; PREDATION RATES; TADPOLES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COBALT; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; WETLANDS;

MAMMALS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; FENITROTHION;

AGROCHEMICAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FENITROTHION; JUVENILE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPSIBOAS PULCHELLUS; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; LETHALITY; MUSCLE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SYNBRANCHUS MARMORATUS; TADPOLE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANURA; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FENITROTHION; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHOTOPERIOD; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; HYLIDAE; SYNBRANCHIDAE; SYNBRANCHUS MARMORATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 78149283849     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.035     Document Type: Article

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