Amphibians, trematodes, and deformities: An overview from southern Michigan

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-85

  Gillilland III, Merritt G ^a   Muzzall, Patrick M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Deformities; Helminths; Larval trematodes; Michigan

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CLINOSTOMUM; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; FIBRICOLA; MESOCESTOIDES; SPIROXYS; TREMATODA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036182032     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/1525-2647(2002)069[0081:atadao]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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3. Linking teratogenesis, growth, and DNA photo-damage to artificial ultraviolet B radiation in Xenopus laevis larvae
4. Progress toward identifying causes of maldevelopment induced in Xenopus by pond water and sediment extracts from Minnesota, USA
5. Environmentally induced limb malformations in mink frogs (Rana septentrionalis)
6. Organochlorine insecticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and metals in water, sediment, and green frogs from southwestern Michigan
7. Helminths infecting froglets of the northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) from Foggy Bottom Marsh, Michigan
8. Delayed effect of pre- and early-life time exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls on tadpoles of two amphibian species (Xenopus laevis and Rana temporaria)
9. Studies on the structure and life-history of Zeugorchis syntomentera Sumwalt, a trematode from the snake Thamnophis ordinoides from California
10. The effect of trematode infection on amphibian limb development and survivorship
11. Effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on development of anuran amphibians
12. Teratogenic potential of atrazine and 2,4-D using FETAX
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14. Helminth infracommunities of the newt, Notophthalmus viridescens, from Turkey Marsh, Michigan
15. Helminth infracommunities of frogs Rana catesbeiana and Rana clamitans from Turkey Marsh, Michigan
16. Helminth communities of green frogs, Rana clamitans Latreille, from southwestern Michigan
17. Helminths of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica, and spring peeper, Pseudacris c. crucifer, from southern Michigan
18. Helminths of the salamanders Ambystoma t. tigrinum and Ambystoma laterale (Caudata: Ambystomatidae) from southern Michigan
19. Hindlimb deformities (ectromelia, ectrodactyly) in free-living anurans from agricultural habitats
20. 2+ in FETAX assays
21. Ecological studies: Ultraviolet radiation linked to frog deformities
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23. Explanation for naturally occurring supernumerary limbs in amphibians
24. Declining amphibian populations