Adverse effects of ecologically relevant dietary mercury exposure in southern leopard frog (Rana sphenocephala) larvae

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2964-2970

  Unrine, Jason M ^a   Jagoe, Charles H ^a   Hopkins, William A ^a   Brant, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Development; Growth; Mercury; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; NUTRITION; TOXICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DIETARY MERCURY EXPOSURE; MORTALITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FELIDAE; LARVA; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DIET; LARVA; MERCURY; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANIDAE; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

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

EID: 10044276825     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-696.1     Document Type: Article

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