Ecological risk of anthropogenic pollutants to reptiles: Evaluating assumptions of sensitivity and exposure

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3596-3606

  Weir, Scott M ^a   Suski, Jamie G ^a   Salice, Christopher J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Dermal; Ecological risk assessment; Exposure; Reptile

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANTS; DERMAL; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE; REPTILE;

ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CYCLONITE; DINITROTOLUENE; DIPHENADIONE; FENITROTHION; FIPRONIL; FLUOROACETAMIDE; FLUOROACETATE SODIUM; LEAD ACETATE; MALATHION; PARATHION; PROPOXUR; PYRETHROID; REAGENT; ROTENONE; THIOPHANATE METHYL; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPTILES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AVES; REPTILIA;

EID: 77957711578     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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