Effects of aquatic and terrestrial carbaryl exposure on feeding ability, growth, and survival of American toads

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2323-2327

  Webber, Nicholas R ^a   Boone, Michelle D ^a   Distel, Christopher A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Bufo americanus; Carbamate; Multiple exposures

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; AQUATIC EXPOSURE; BUFO AMERICANUS; CARBAMATE; CARBARYL; LARVAL DENSITY; LARVAL STAGE; MESOCOSMS; MULTIPLE EXPOSURE;

FEEDING;

INSECTICIDES;

CARBARIL;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BUFO AMERICANUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING; LARVAL STAGE; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; METAMORPHA;

EID: 78649457122     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.269     Document Type: Article

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