Surface Water Contamination by Insecticides: Data from Aquatic Insect Tests That Pertain to Water Quality Criteria

摘要

Seven species of aquatic insects representing four orders were collected from natural waters in winter and summer seasons to investigate seasonal variation of toxicity of parathion and paraoxon, oxidative metabolism of these two chemicals and inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by paraoxon. The data is related to water quality criteria for parathion and provide information on seasonal variation of susceptibility to organophosphate insecticides in aquatic insects.