Effects of atrazine and carbaryl on growth and reproduction of the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 527-537

  Lu, Zhenghe ^a,b   Zhao, Baokun ^a   Yang, Jiaxin ^a   Snell, Terry W ^c  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachionus calyciflorus; Pesticide toxicity; Reproduction; Resting egg hatchability

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; ATRAZINE; DATA SET; EGG PRODUCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; PESTICIDE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84873336072     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2012.675758     Document Type: Article

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