Stage-dependent teratogenic and lethal effects exerted by ultraviolet B radiation on Rhinella (bufo) arenarum embryos

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 427-433

  Castañaga, Luis A ^a,b   Asorey, Cynthia M ^a   Sandoval, María T ^c   Pérez Coll, Cristina S ^a,d   Argibay, Teresa I ^a   Herkovits, Jorge ^a,b  

^a Fundacion PROSAMA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian embryo; Evoecotoxicology; Stage dependent susceptibility; Teratogenesis; Ultraviolet B radiation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMPHIBIAN EMBRYO; AMPHIBIAN POPULATIONS; BODY SIZES; CELL DIFFERENTIATIONS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES; EVOECOTOXICOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; LETHAL DOSE; LETHAL EFFECTS; PIGMENT DISTRIBUTIONS; POST EXPOSURES; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOGENIC EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

MUTAGENESIS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

AMPHIBIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANENCEPHALUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LETHALITY; MICROCEPHALY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TERATOGENESIS; TOAD; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; TERATOGENS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO;

EID: 61349121332     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-144.1     Document Type: Article

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