| impacts of the herbicide butachlor on the larvae of a paddy field breeding frog (fejervarya limnocharis) in subtropical taiwan. | butachlor is the most commonly used herbicide on paddy fields in taiwan and throughout southeast asia. since paddy fields provide habitat for pond breeding amphibians, we examined growth, development, time to metamorphosis, and survival of alpine cricket frog tadpoles (fejervarya limnocharis) exposed to environmentally realistic concentrations of butachlor. we documented negative impacts of butachlor on survival, development, and time to metamorphosis, but not on tadpole growth. the 96 h lc(50) ... | 2011 | 21210217 |