Mercury bioaccumulation in green frog (Rana clamitans) and bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpoles from Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-125

  Bank, Michael S ^a   Crocker, Jeff ^b   Connery, Bruce ^c   Amirbahman, Aria ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Acadia National Park   (United States)

^d University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bioaccumulation; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; MERCURY (METAL); POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTS;

AMPHIBIANS; BIOACCUMULATION; BULLFROG TADPOLES; TADPOLE TISSUE;

BIODIVERSITY;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; FROG; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA CLAMITANS; SEDIMENT; TADPOLE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; LARVA; MERCURY; RANIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; CASTORIDAE; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 33846643177     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-035R.1     Document Type: Article

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