Lethal and sublethal effects of three insecticides on two developmental stages of xenopus laevis and comparison with other amphibians

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2056-2064

  Yu, Shuangying ^a   Wages, Mike R ^a   Cai, Qingsong ^a   Maul, Jonathan D ^a   Cobb, George P ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative toxicity; FETAX; Median lethal concentration (LC50); Pesticides

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE TOXICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETAX; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS INSECTICIDES; SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS;

PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

INSECTICIDES;

CIPERMETHRIN; ENDOSULFAN; MALATHION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; FROG; INHIBITION; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; GROWTH INHIBITION; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

COMPARATIVE TOXICITY; FETAX; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION (LC50); PESTICIDES;

ANIMALS; ANURA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDOSULFAN; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALATHION; MALE; PYRETHRINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84881029781     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2280     Document Type: Article

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