Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) as bioindicators in Canadian Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin. II. Changes in hatching success and hatchling deformities in relation to persistent organic pollutants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-536

  de Solla, S R ^a   Fernie, K J ^a   Ashpole, S ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eggs; PBDEs; PCBs; Pesticides; Reproduction; Snapping turtles

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP); SNAPPING TURTLES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOINDICATOR; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HANDLING STRESS; HATCHING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TURTLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASIN GROUPS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HATCHING; HATCHLING; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; TURTLE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CANADA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE;

EID: 43549103755     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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