Effects of malathion and carbendazim on Amazonian freshwater organisms: Comparison of tropical and temperate species sensitivity distributions

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-634

  Rico, Andreu ^a   Waichman, Andrea V ^b   Geber Corrêa, Rachel ^b   Van Den Brink, Paul J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecological risk assessment; Freshwater ecosystems; Pesticides; Species sensitivity distributions

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MALATHION;

ARTHROPOD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNGICIDE; MALATHION; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMAZONIAN REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BUENOA UNGUIS; COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER FISH; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HYDROPHILUS SPECIES; HYPHESSOBRYCON ERYTHROSTIGMA; INVERTEBRATE; LETHALITY; MACROBRACHIUM FERREIRAI; NANNOSTOMUS UNIFASCIATUS; NONHUMAN; OTOCINCLUS AFFINIS; PALUSTRA LABOULBENI; PARACHEIRODON AXELRODI; PH; POMACEA DILIOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATE INVERTEBRATE; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY TESTING; TROPICS; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBAMATES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; MALATHION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMAZONIA;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955897166     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0601-9     Document Type: Article

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