Acclimation to low level exposure of copper in Bufo arenarum embryos: Linkage of effects to tissue residues

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-172

  Herkovits, Jorge ^a,b   Pérez Coll, Cristina Silvia ^a,b,c  

^a Fundacion PROSAMA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Amphibian embryos; Copper; Exposure biomarker; Tissue residues

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; TOAD; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO ARENARUM;

EID: 34347382575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2007040012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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