Ranking ecological risks of multiple chemical stressors on amphibians

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1416-1421

  Fedorenkova, Anastasia ^a   Vonk, J Arie ^a,b   Lenders, H J Rob ^a   Creemers, Raymond C M ^c   Breure, Anton M ^a,b   Hendriks, A Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Reptile Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidification; Anurans; Ecological risk assessment; Pesticides; Species sensitivity distributions

Indexed keywords

ANURANS; CHEMICAL STRESSORS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENDOSULFANS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; FIELD OBSERVATION DATA; FRESHWATER BODIES; POTENTIAL RISKS; POTENTIAL THREATS; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TOXIC EFFECT; TOXICITY DATA;

ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; CONSERVATION; COPPER; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; PESTICIDES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ALACHLOR; AMMONIA; ATRAZINE; AZINPHOS METHYL; CADMIUM; CARBARIL; CARBENDAZIM; CARBOFURAN; COPPER; DELTAMETHRIN; DIELDRIN; DIMPYLATE; DIURON; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; NITRATE; PARATHION; PARATHION METHYL; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIUM; AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAVY METAL; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; PH; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; PROBABILITY; RANKING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; ANURA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; ECOTOXICITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY AND TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; METALS, HEAVY; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

NETHERLANDS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 84861220926     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1831     Document Type: Article

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