Interactive effects of maternal and dietary mercury exposure have latent and lethal consequences for amphibian larvae

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3781-3787

  Bergeron, Christine M ^a   Hopkins, William A ^a   Todd, Brian D ^a,c   Hepner, Mark J ^a   Unrine, Jason M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATED SITES; DIETARY EXPOSURE; HUMAN HEALTH; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MERCURY EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS;

CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY;

DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FROG; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; EMBRYO; FEMALE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; BUFONIDAE; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LARVA; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO AMERICANUS;

EID: 79954481888     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es104210a     Document Type: Article

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