Microcosm investigations of stormwater pond sediment toxicity to embryonic and larval amphibians: Variation in sensitivity among species

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-297

  Snodgrass, Joel W ^a   Casey, Ryan E ^a   Joseph, Debra ^a   Simon, Judith A ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo americanus; Metals; Rana sylvatica; Road salt; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLORIDE MINERALS; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS; STORM SEWERS; TOXICITY;

BUFO AMERICANUS; RANA SYLVATICA; ROAD SALT; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS;

CHLORIDE; HEAVY METAL; STORM WATER;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FROG; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROCOSM; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORMWATER; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOAD; TOXICITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FROG; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; POND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOAD; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BUFO BUFO; CHLORIDES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; METALS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANIDAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBANIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO AMERICANUS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 44449173469     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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