Uptake of arsenic and metals by tadpoles at an historically contaminated Texas site

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-67

  Clark Jr , Donald R ^a   Cantu, Roxie ^b   Cowman, Deborah F ^a   Maxson, Denis J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chromium; Tadpoles; Turtles; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SNAKE; TADPOLE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 7144256229     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008819132474     Document Type: Article

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