Toxicity of the fungicide trifloxystrobin on tadpoles and its effect on fish-tadpole interaction

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1348-1354

  Junges, C M ^a,b   Peltzer, P M ^a,b   Lajmanovich, R C ^a,b   Attademo, A M ^a,b   Cabagna Zenklusen, M C ^b   Basso, A ^b  

^a FBCB UNL ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Predation rate; Trifloxystrobin

Indexed keywords

FISH; FUNGICIDES; TOXICITY;

AMPHIBIANS; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; PREDATION RATES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS; TRIFLOXYSTROBIN;

PREDATOR PREY SYSTEMS;

FUNGICIDE; TRIFLOXYSTROBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; FUNGICIDE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOAD; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ELACHISTOCLEIS BICOLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LEPTODACTYLUS LATRANS; NONHUMAN; PHYSALAEMUS SANTAFECINUS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; RHINELLA ARENARUM; SURVIVAL; SYNBRANCHUS MARMORATUS; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIA; ELACHISTOCLEIS; LEPTODACTYLUS; PHYSALAEMUS SANTAFECINUS; SYNBRANCHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 84859479765     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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