A comparative study of the acute toxicity of the herbicide atrazine to cladocerans Daphnia magna, Ceriodaphnia silvestrii and Macrothrix flabelligera

A comparative study of the acute toxicity of the herbicide atrazine to cladocerans Daphnia magna, Ceriodaphnia silvestrii and Macrothrix flabelligera

AIM: In this study we compared the sensitivity of three species of Cladocera, Daphnia magna, Ceriodaphnia silvestrii and Macrothrix flabelligera, to the commercial product of the herbicide Atrazine, the Atrazine Atanor 50 SC® (500 g/L), widely used on crops in Brazil. METHODS: Acute toxicity tests w...

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Main Authors: Raquel Aparecida Moreira, Adrislaine da Silva Mansano, Lidiane Cristina da Silva, Odete Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2014-03-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
Subjects:
Cladocera
Ecotoxicologia
Atrazina Atanor 50 SC®
pesticida
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2014000100002&lng=en&tlng=en

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