Dietary mercury exposure and bioaccumulation in amphibian larvae inhabiting Carolina bay wetlands

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-253

  Unrine, J M ^a   Jagoe, C H ^a   Brinton, A C ^a   Brant, H A ^a   Garvin, N T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Mercury; Speciation; Trophic transfer; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; INORGANIC MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON;

WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; FROG; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FROG; INTESTINE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; LARVA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RANIDAE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 13944261643     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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