Acute toxicity of seven selected pesticides (alachlor, atrazine, dieldrin, diuron, pirimiphos-methyl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon) to the marine fish (turbot, Psetta maxima)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5917-5930

  Mhadhbi, Lazhar ^a,b   Beiras, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Early life stage; Pesticides; Sublethal effects; Turbot

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALACHLOR; CHLORPYRIFOS; EARLY LIFE; FISH SPECIES; GALICIA; MARINE FISH; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION; NW SPAIN; PIRIMIPHOS-METHYL; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS; TOXIC PESTICIDES; TOXICITY TEST; TURBOT;

FISH; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES; TOXICITY; UREA; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIELDRIN; DIMPYLATE; PESTICIDE; PIRIMIPHOS METHYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; EMBRYO; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FINFISH; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; LARVAL STAGE; LETHALITY; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PSETTA MAXIMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TURBOT;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 84870252200     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1328-9     Document Type: Article

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