Amphibians at risk? Susceptibility of terrestrial amphibian life stages to pesticides

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2465-2472

  Brühl, Carsten A ^a   Pieper, Silvia ^b   Weber, Brigitte ^c  

^a University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^c Harlan   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Dermal uptake; Pesticide; Terrestrial exposure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; APPLICATION RATES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; AQUATIC LIFE; DERMAL EXPOSURE; DERMAL UPTAKE; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; LIFE STAGES; OVERSPRAY; PESTICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRESTRIAL EXPOSURE; TOXIC EFFECT; TREATED SOILS;

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; HERBICIDES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MAMMALS; RATING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TOXICITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBARIL; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; PARATHION; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE;

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; JUVENILE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PENETRATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TOAD; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BUFO AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80054121506     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.650     Document Type: Review

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