Cholinesterase inhibition and behavioral toxicity of carbofuran on Oreochromis niloticus early life stages

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 312-320

  Pessoa, P C ^a   Luchmann, K H ^b   Ribeiro, A B ^a   Veras, M M ^a   Correa, J R M B ^c   Nogueira, A J ^b   Bainy, A C D ^b   Carvalho, P S M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbofuran; Cholinesterase; Growth; Oreochromis niloticus larvae; Predator prey; Swimming; Vision

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN; CHOLINESTERASE;

BIOMARKER; CARBOFURAN; CICHLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME; INHIBITION; LARVA; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TOXICITY; VISION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOFURAN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CICHLIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 80052024590     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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