Influence of larval period on responses of overwintering green frog (Rana clamitans) larvae exposed to contaminated sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1508-1514

  Snodgrass, Joel W ^a   Hopkins, William A ^b   Jackson, Brian P ^b   Baionno, Jennifer A ^b   Broughton, Jeffroy ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Frogs; Larval development; Metalloids; Metals

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

LARVAL PERIODS; METAMORPHOSIS; POND BREEDING AMPHIBIANS; TOXIC EFFECTS;

TOXICITY;

ARSENIC; LEAD; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

FROG; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; POWER PLANTS; RANIDAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 18844414809     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-339R1.1     Document Type: Article

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