Patterns of development and abnormalities among tadpoles in a constructed wetland receiving treated wastewater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4862-4868

  Ruiz, Alina M ^a   Maerz, John C ^a   Davis, Andrew K ^a   Keel, M Kevin ^a   Ferreira, Andrew R ^a   Conroy, Michael J ^a   Morris, Lawrence A ^a   Fisk, Aaron T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN HABITATS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE STUDY; POTENTIAL VALUES; REFERENCE SITES; SOFT TISSUE; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WETLAND SYSTEMS; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ABNORMALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POND; TOAD; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CALCINOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; SCOLIOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEORGIA; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 77954287065     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903785x     Document Type: Article

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