A low concentration of atrazine does not influence the acute toxicity of the insecticide terbufos or its breakdown products to Chironomus tepperi

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1536-1544

  Choung, Catherine B ^a   Hyne, Ross V ^b   Stevens, Mark M ^c   Hose, Grant C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contaminants Section   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive toxicity; Corn pesticides; Synergistic toxicity; Terbufos sulfone; Terbufos sulfoxide

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; TERBUFOS; TERBUFOS SULFONE; TERBUFOS SULFOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLY; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; OXIDATION; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMUS; CHIRONOMUS TEPPERI; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CHIRONOMIDAE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; LARVA; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TEPPERI; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952277776     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0538-4     Document Type: Article

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