Reptiles and amphibians: Shy and sensitive vertebrates of the Great Lakes Basin and St. Lawrence River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 225-244

  Bishop, Christine A ^a   Gendron, Andrée D ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; LAKE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOACCUMULATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOACCUMULATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPTILE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FROG; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; SALAMANDER; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; ST LAWRENCE RIVER;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CAUDATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032190536     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005908204266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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