Chronic, dietary polybrominated diphenyl ether exposure affects survival, growth, and development of Rana pipiens tadpoles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Coyle, Tawnya L Cary ^a   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Metamorphosis; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Rana pipiens; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; POLYACRYLATES;

AMPHIBIAN METAMORPHOSIS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POPULATION DECLINE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS; TERRESTRIAL FOOD WEBS; WHOLE-BODY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

AMPHIBIAN; DIET; GROWTH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH HAZARD; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TADPOLE; TIME; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; RANA PIPIENS; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMPHIBIA; RANA PIPIENS;

ANIMALS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANA PIPIENS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

EID: 77952255627     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.21     Document Type: Article

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