Acetylcholinesterase in honey bees (Apis mellifera) exposed to neonicotinoids, atrazine and glyphosate: Laboratory and field experiments

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5603-5614

  Boily, Monique ^a   Sarrasin, Benoit ^b   DeBlois, Christian ^b   Aras, Philippe ^c   Chagnon, Madeleine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^c Centre de Recherche en Sciences Animales de Deschambault   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Apis mellifera; Biomarker; Maize cultivation; Neonicotinoids

Indexed keywords

((E) 1 (2 CHLORO 1,3 THIAZOL 5 YLMETHYL) 3 METHYL 2 NITROGUANIDINE); ((E)-1-(2-CHLORO-1,3-THIAZOL-5-YLMETHYL)-3-METHYL-2-NITROGUANIDINE); ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ATRAZINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; GLYPHOSATE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ATRAZINE; FIELD METHOD; GLYPHOSATE; HONEYBEE; IMIDACLOPRID; LABORATORY METHOD; MAIZE; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; POLLEN;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BEES; GLYCINE; GUANIDINES; HERBICIDES; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; POLLEN; QUEBEC; THIAZOLES; ZEA MAYS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880641487     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1568-2     Document Type: Article

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