Mercury concentrations in bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) collected from a Southern Nevada, USA, Wetland

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 210-218

  Gerstenberger, S ^a   Pearson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BULLFROG; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; MALE; MINING; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEVADA; RANA CATESBEIANA; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0036705264     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0049-y     Document Type: Article

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