Effects of a uranium mine effluent in the early-life stages of Rana perezi Seoane

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-35

  Marques, S M ^a   Goncalves F ^a   Pereira, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Embryo and larvae acute toxicity assays; Heavy metals; Rana perezi Seoane; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS;

AMPHIBIANS; RANA PEREZI SEOANE; TAIL DEFORMITIES;

URANIUM MINES;

URANIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; HEAVY METAL; LIFE CYCLE; MINE WASTE; PIGMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FROG; HATCHING; LARVAL STAGE; LIFE CYCLE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA PEREZI; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MINING; RANIDAE; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA PEREZI;

EID: 46549083479     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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