Organochlorine pesticide concentrations in sediment and amphibian tissue in playa wetlands in the Southern High Plains, USA

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 497-501

  Venne, Louise S ^a,d   Anderson, Todd A ^a   Zhang, Baohong ^b   Smith, Loren M ^c   McMurry, Scott T ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo cognatus; Great plains toad; Spadefoot toad; Spea spp.

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MEDIA; CHLORDANE (CHL); CRITICAL HABITAT; DIELDRIN (DD); DRY WEIGHT (DW); ORGANOCHLORINE (OC) PESTICIDES; SPRINGER (CO); TISSUE SAMPLES;

INSECTICIDES; LAKES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MICROFLUIDICS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

TISSUE;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROPLAND; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO COGNATUS; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA;

EID: 46249102648     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9457-y     Document Type: Article

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