Toxicity of nitrogenous fertilizers to eggs of snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) in field and laboratory exposures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1890-1895

  De Solla, Shane Raymond ^a   Martin, Pamela Anne ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eggs; Exposure; Fertilizers; Snapping turtles; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SOILS; TOXICITY; UREA;

ENDOGENOUS PLANTS; NITROGENOUS FERTILIZERS; SNAPPING TURTLES;

FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; UREA;

BODY MASS; EGG; FERTILIZER; HATCHING; NITROGEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVORSHIP; TOXICITY TEST; TURTLE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BODY MASS; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY; LANDSCAPE; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TURTLE; VOLATILIZATION; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; OVUM; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES; UREA;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34548483461     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-500R1.1     Document Type: Article

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