Dietary mercury exposure and bioaccumulation in southern leopard frog (Rana sphenocephala) larvae

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2956-2963

  Unrine, Jason M ^a   Jagoe, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Aufwuchs; Bioaccumulation; Mercury; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); RESERVOIRS (WATER); SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOXICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUFWUCHS; BIOACCUMULATION; LARVAE; TADPOLES;

BIODIVERSITY;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; FROG; LARVA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FELIDAE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LARVA; MERCURY; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RANIDAE; RIVERS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 10044249890     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-695.1     Document Type: Article

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