Effects of Atrazine and Metolachlor on Snails, Tadpoles, and Their Trematode Parasites
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........................................................................................................ii Acknowledgements...........................................................................................iii Figures and Tables Legend....................................................................................v Research Objectives.........................................................................................viii Chapter I: Introduction/ Literature Review.................................................................1 Chapter II: The Effects of Atrazine and Metolachlor on the Survivorships of Planorbella trivolvis and Echinostoma trivolvis in the Laboratory...................................................26 Chapter III: The Effects of Atrazine and Metolachlor on Echinostoma trivolvis Parasite Load in Rana Sylvatica and Rana clamitans Tadpoles under Various Laboratory Exposure Conditions.....................................................................................................40 Chapter IV: The Effects of Atrazine and Metolachlor on Echinostoma trivolvis Parasite Load in Rana sylvatica Tadpoles in Outdoor Mesocosms for 14 Days.........................................62 Chapter V: General Conclusions...........................................................................85
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