Organochlorine pesticides and mercury in cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) from northeastern Texas, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 665-673

  Rainwater, Thomas R ^a,b   Reynolds, Kevin D ^a   Cañas, Jaclyn E ^a   Cobb, George P ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^a   Smith, Philip N ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonmouths; Mercury; Organochlorine pesticides; Snakes; Texas

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); OILS AND FATS; PESTICIDES; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; NORTHEASTERN TEXAS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; SNAKES;

BIODIVERSITY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEPTACHLOR; MERCURY; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PESTICIDE; SNAKE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; TAIL; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; TEXAS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; ANIMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 13944250202     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-223R.1     Document Type: Article

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