The effects of chronic cadmium exposure on American toad (Bufo americanus) tadpoles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 377-380

  James, Stacy M ^a   Little, Edward E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo americanus; Cadmium; Chronic exposure; Hormesis; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TOXICITY;

METAMORPHOSIS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; METAMORPHOSIS; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HATCHING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOAD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037301596     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0377:TEOCCE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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