Cholinesterase activities and behavioral changes in Hypsiboas pulchellus (Anura: Hylidae) tadpoles exposed to glufosinate ammonium herbicide

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1165-1173

  Peltzer, Paola M ^a,b   Junges, Celina M ^a,b   Attademo, Andrés M ^a,b   Bassó, Agustín ^b   Grenón, Paula ^b   Lajmanovich, Rafael C ^a,b  

^a National Council for Scientific and Technical Research ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cholinesterases; Herbicide; Swimming activity; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN;

AMMONIUM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; GLUFOSINATE; INHIBITION; JUVENILE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANURA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYLIDAE; HYPSIBOAS PULCHELLUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; VELOCITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 84883173720     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-013-1103-8     Document Type: Article

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