Bioaccumulation of trace elements in omnivorous amphibian larvae: Implications for amphibian health and contaminant transport

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-192

  Unrine, Jason M ^a   Hopkins, William A ^b   Romanek, Christopher S ^a,c   Jackson, Brian P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bioaccumulation; Coral combustion waste; Stable isotope; Trace element

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; WETLANDS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CORAL COMBUSTION WASTES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARBON; TRACE ELEMENT;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FROG; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARVA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; LARVA; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RANA CATESBEIANA; TRACE ELEMENTS; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547819350     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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