Flow cytometric analysis of red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta) from Tar Creek Superfund Site

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-361

  Hays, Kimberly A ^a   McBee, Karen ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Flow cytometry; Tar Creek Superfund Site; Trachemys scripta

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

BLOOD; CADMIUM; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEAD; SUPERFUND; TURTLE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA CONTENT; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURTLE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAKE CARL BLACKWELL; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; SEQUOYAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 34047235503     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0135-3     Document Type: Article

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