Elevated trace element concentrations and standard metabolic rate in banded water snakes (Nerodia fasciata) exposed to coal combustion wastes

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1258-1263

  Hopkins, William A ^a,b   Rowe, Christopher L ^a,c   Congdon, Justin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Coal combustion wastes; Snakes; Standard metabolic rate; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; COAL; COMBUSTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; NERODIA FASCIATA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032926811     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1258:ETECAS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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