Developmental toxicity of two common corn pesticides to the endangered southern bell frog (Litoria raniformis)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2648-2655

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

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Atrazine; Breakdown product; Pesticide mixture; Terbufos sulfone

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ATRAZINES; BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; PESTICIDE MIXTURE; TERBUFOS SULFONE;

BELLS; DEGRADATION; HERBICIDES; MIXTURES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS;

ATRAZINE; TERBUFOS; TERBUFOS SULFONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAIZE; METAMORPHOSIS; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LITORIA RANIFORMIS; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; TADPOLE; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANURA; ATRAZINE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; LARVA; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZEA MAYS;

AMPHIBIA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052305441     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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