Adverse effects of chronic copper exposure in larval northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1470-1475

  Chen, Te Hao ^a,b   Gross, Jackson A ^a   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Copper; Growth; Metamorphosis; Rana pipiens

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIANS; FROGS; METAMORPHOSIS; RANA PIPIENS;

ANIMALS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH KINETICS; WATER QUALITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

COPPER; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DRY MASS; ECOLOGY; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; FROG; GROWTH RATE; INCIDENCE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; COPPER; LARVA; RANA PIPIENS; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 34447498628     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-487R.1     Document Type: Article

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