Effects of chronic 2,4,6,-trinitrotoluene, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, and 2,6-dinitrotoluene exposure on developing bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpoles

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 924-928

  Paden, Norka E ^a   Smith, Ernest E ^a   Maul, Jonathan D ^a   Kendall, Ronald J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Development; High explosives; Tadpoles; Toxic effects

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FROG; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ABNORMAL BODY BUILD; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL STAGE; LETHAL DOSE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DINITROBENZENES; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; RANA CATESBEIANA; SWIMMING; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 79955525150     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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