Organochlorine pesticides and thiamine in eggs of largemouth bass and American alligators and their relationship with early life-stage mortality

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 782-786

  Sepúlveda, Maria S ^a   Wiebe, Jon J ^a,b   Honeyfield, Dale C ^b   Rauschenberger, Heath R ^a   Hinterkopf, Joy P ^b   Johnson, William E ^c   Gross, Timothy S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligators; Early life stage mortality syndrome; Florida; Largemouth bass; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ASPERULA; MICROPTERUS FLORIDANUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 13644252327     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.4.782     Document Type: Article

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