Influence of land use on metal concentrations in playa sediments and amphibians in the Southern High Plains

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-118

  Venne, Louise S ^a   Cobb, George P ^a   Coimbatore, Gopal ^a   Smith, Loren M ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great plains toad; Land use; Metal; Metamorph; Spadefoot toad

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HERBICIDES; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

GREAT PLAINS TOAD; METAMORPH; SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS (SHP); SPADEFOOT TOAD;

LAND USE;

BARIUM; CADMIUM; METAL; NICKEL;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT USE; HEAVY METAL; HERBICIDE; LAND USE; PLAYA; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEMIARID REGION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUFO COGNATUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROPLAND; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; BARIUM; BUFONIDAE; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOSSYPIUM; METALS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NICKEL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEXAS; WETLANDS;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO COGNATUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; METAMORPHA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA;

EID: 33748113464     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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