Reproduction, embryonic development, and maternal transfer of contaminants in the amphibian Gastrophryne carolinensis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 661-666

  Hopkins, William Alexander ^a,b   DuRant, Sarah Elizabeth ^a,b   Staub, Brandon Patrick ^a   Rowe, Christopher Lee ^c   Jackson, Brian Phillip ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Coal combustion; Development; Embryo; Maternal transfer; Mercury; Reproduction; Selenium; Strontium

Indexed keywords

COAL; MERCURY; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRY MASS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HATCHING; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOAD; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; REPRODUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; GASTROPHRYNE CAROLINENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646358701     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8457     Document Type: Article

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