Toxicity of pesticide and fertilizer mixtures simulating corn production to eggs of snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4306-4311

  De Solla, Shane Raymond ^a   Martin, Pamela Anne ^a   Mikoda, Paul ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eggs; Exposure; Fertilizers; Pesticides; Snapping turtles; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; APPLICATION RATES; CHEMICAL CLASS; CHEMICAL REGIMES; CORN PRODUCTION; DIMETHENAMID; EGG MORTALITY; EGGS; EXPOSURE; FIELD APPLICATION; GLYPHOSATES; HATCHING SUCCESS; ONTARIO; PYRETHROID INSECTICIDE; SNAPPING TURTLES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AMMONIA; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; LEACHING; MIXTURES; SOILS; TOXICITY; WEED CONTROL;

FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIA; ATRAZINE; DIMETHENAMID; FERTILIZER; GLYPHOSATE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; TEFLUTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; EGG; FERTILIZER; HERBICIDE; LEACHING; MAIZE; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY; TURTLE; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROP PRODUCTION; EGG; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GARDENING; HATCHING; LEACHING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL TREATMENT; SURVIVAL; TURTLE; VOLATILIZATION; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; FERTILIZERS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OVUM; PESTICIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TURTLES; ZEA MAYS;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052052071     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.046     Document Type: Article

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