Effects of larval exposure to triphenyltin on the survival, growth, and behavior of larval and juvenile Ambystoma barbouri salamanders

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 807-815

  Rehage, Jennifer Schöpf ^a,b   Lynn, Scott G ^a   Hammond, John I ^a   Palmer, Brent D ^a   Sih, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Behavior; Growth; Survival; Triphenyltin

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; FEEDING; TOXICITY;

LARVAL EXPOSURE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ACETONE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIPHENYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCAPE REACTION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036556331     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<0807:EOLETT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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