Effects of lead-contaminated surface water from a trap and skeet range on frog hatching and development

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-74

  Stansley, William ^a   Kosenak, Michelle A ^b   Huffman, Jane E ^b   Roscoe, Douglas E ^a  

^a New Jersey Div of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^b EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frogs; Lead; Lead shot; Target shooting; Trap and skeet ranges

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SURFACE WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULLET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FROG; GROWTH INHIBITION; HATCHING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TADPOLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BULLFROG; DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; LEAD; PICKEREL FROG; SURFACE WATER; TARGET SHOOTING;

ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0030770129     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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