Relationships among developmental stage, metamorphic timing, and concentrations of elements in bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1597-1604

  Snodgrass, Joel W ^a,b   Hopkins, William A ^c   Roe, John H ^c,d  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Coal combustion waste; Larval period; Metamorphosis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; SETTLING TANKS; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

METAMORPHOSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COAL; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FROG; METAMORPHOSIS; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BULLFROG; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCINERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; COAL; INCINERATION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANA CATESBEIANA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEASONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0141782659     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)22<1597:RADSMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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