Trophic and maternal transfer of selenium in brown house snakes (Lamprophis fuliginosus)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-293

  Hopkins, William A ^a   Staub, Brandon P ^a   Baionno, Jennifer A ^a   Jackson, Brian P ^a   Roe, John H ^b   Ford, Neil B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal transfer; Reptiles; Selenium; Snakes; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE;

BIOACCUMULATION; SELENIUM; SNAKE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SNAKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LAMPROPHIS FULIGINOSUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042540801     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(03)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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