Metal accumulation in eggs of the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in the Lower Illinois River

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-48

  Tryfonas, Anna E ^a   Tucker, John K ^b   Brunkow, Paul E ^a   Johnson, Kevin A ^a   Hussein, Hussein S ^c   Lin, Zhi Qing ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Lower Illinois River; Metal pollutant; Red eared slider; Turtle egg

Indexed keywords

LAKES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; LOWER ILLINOIS RIVER; METAL POLLUTANTS; RED-EARED SLIDER; TURTLE EGGS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; TIN; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; RIVER POLLUTION; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; EGG SHELL; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT TISSUE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TURTLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ILLINOIS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 33644997670     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.07.080     Document Type: Article

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