A silviculture application of the glyphosate-based herbicide VisionMAX to wetlands has limited direct effects on amphibian larvae

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2375-2383

  Edge, Christopher B ^a   Thompson, Dean G ^b   Hao, Chunyan ^c   Houlahan, Jeff E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Glyphosate; Long term experimental wetlands area; Roundup; Whole system experiment

Indexed keywords

ACID EQUIVALENTS; AMPHIBIAN; COMBINED EFFECT; CROP GROWTH; EXPOSURE RATE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDIES; GLYPHOSATES; GREEN FROGS; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; HERBICIDE FORMULATION; HERBICIDE TREATMENT; IN-CONTROL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTAL WETLANDS AREA; MESOCOSMS; NATURAL WETLAND; ROUNDUP; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; TREATMENT LEVEL; UNTREATED CONTROL;

DEGRADATION; SORPTION; TOXICITY; WEED CONTROL; WETLANDS;

HERBICIDES;

GLYPHOSATE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FROG; GLYPHOSATE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MESOCOSM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SILVICULTURE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; FORESTRY; LARVA; LITHOBATES CLAMITANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORESTRY; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; LARVA; NEW BRUNSWICK; RANIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIA; LITHOBATES; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 84866416394     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1956     Document Type: Article

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