Photoinduced toxicity of fluoranthene to northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 308-312

  Monson, Philip D ^a   Call, Daniel J ^a   Cox, Dean A ^a   Liber, Karsten ^a   Ankley, Gerald T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoranthene; Phototoxicity; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Rana pipiens; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032911849     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0308:PTOFTN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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