Species-specific responses of developing anurans to coal combustion wastes

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-182

  Snodgrass, Joel W ^a,c   Hopkins, William A ^b   Broughton, Jeffroy ^a   Gwinn, Daniel ^a   Baionno, Jennifer A ^b   Burger, Joanna ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Coal combustion wastes; Development; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COAL; IRON; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM;

COAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION; FROG; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; COMBUSTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FROG; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INCINERATION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL; WASTE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 1242341219     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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