Acute toxicity of Roundup® herbicide to three life stages of the freshwater shrimp Caridina nilotica (Decapoda: Atyidae)

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 905-909

  Mensah, P K ^a   Muller, W J ^a   Palmer, C G ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Caridina nilotica; Roundup ; South Africa; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; ALIEN PLANTS; APPLICATION RATES; CARIDINA NILOTICA; CHEMICAL CONTROLS; COORDINATED MOVEMENT; DILUTION RATE; FOLIAR SPRAYS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; GLYPHOSATES; LIFE STAGES; LOW LEVEL; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOXIC EFFECT; WATER COURSE; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

ECOSYSTEMS; LEACHING; SHELLFISH; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

ADULT; CRUSTACEAN; HERBICIDE; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ATYIDAE (CRUSTACEANS); CARIDINA NITOTICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 80054075737     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.071     Document Type: Article

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