Mercury contamination in three species of anuran amphibians from the Cache Creek Watershed, California, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 433-448

  Hothem, Roger L ^a   Jennings, Mark R ^a,b,c   Crayon, John J ^a,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Rana Resources   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

American bullfrog; Amphibians; Bioaccumulation; Cache Creek; California; Foothill yellow legged frog; Lithobates catesbeianus; Mercury; Northern Pacific treefrog; Pseudacris regilla; Rana boylii

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIANS; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA , USA; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LEG MUSCLES; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; METHYL MERCURY; TISSUE RESIDUE; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ANIMALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOACCUMULATION; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LARVA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEG MUSCLE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CALIFORNIA; MERCURY; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CACHE CREEK; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; HYLA; INVERTEBRATA; LITHOBATES; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA BOYLII; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 77952092462     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0847-3     Document Type: Article

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