Heavy metals, hematology, plasma chemistry, and parasites in adult hellbenders (Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1132-1137

  Huang, Chuan Chin ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Briggler, Jeffery T ^b   McKee, Mike ^b   Nam, Paul ^a   Huang, Yue Wern ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Hellbender; Hematology; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CALCIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; CONSERVATION; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; RIVERS;

BLOOD LEVELS; BODY MASS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HELLBENDER; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MISSOURIS; PARASITE-; PLASMA CHEMISTRIES; PLASMA PARAMETER;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AMPHIBIAN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEAVY METAL; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOPARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PARASITE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS; EOSINOPHIL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URODELA; WATER POLLUTANT;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER [UNITED STATES];

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; METALS, HEAVY; MISSOURI; URODELA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77953597011     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.148     Document Type: Article

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