Lethal and sublethal effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on Rana sylvatica tadpoles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 168-174

  Savage, Wesley K ^a   Quimby, Fred W ^a   DeCaprio, Anthony P ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Contamination; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sublethal effects; Survival

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

BEHAVIORAL DYSFUNCTION;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

FROG; MORTALITY; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WETLAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EXPOSURE; FROG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RANIDAE; TOXICITY TESTS;

CANADA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0036140140     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210124     Document Type: Article

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