Sexually dimorphic morphology of hatchling snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) from contaminated and reference sites in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river basin, North America

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 922-929

  De Solla, Shane R ^a   Bishop, Christine A ^b   Brooks, Ronald J ^c  

^a Canada Centre for Inland Waters ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Morphology; Sex; Sexual dimorphism; Snapping turtles

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; TOXICITY;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TURTLE;

BODY SIZE; CLOACA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LAKE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREAT LAKES REGION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURTLES;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; ENTEROBACTER; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036590306     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<0922:SDMOHS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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