Bti sprays do not adversely affect non-target aquatic invertebrates in French Atlantic coastal wetlands

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-113

  Lagadic, Laurent ^a   Roucaute, Marc ^a   Caquet, Thierry ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Bird food resources; Brackish water pools; Larvicide; Long term field biomonitoring; Mosquito control; Non target invertebrates; Saltmarshes; Taxonomic richness and diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WETLAND; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GLOBALIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; MOSQUITO; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WADER;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; EUROPE; FRANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84892550076     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12165     Document Type: Article

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