Toxicity of coal-tar pavement sealants and ultraviolet radiation to Ambystoma maculatum

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1147-1156

  Bommarito, Thomas ^a   Sparling, Donald W ^a   Halbrook, Richard S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Genotoxicity; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Salamanders; Sublethal toxicity; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEALANT; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COAL TAR; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PAH; PAVEMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; COAL TAR; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEUKOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RADIATION MONITORING; SWIMMING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84755160783     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0498-8     Document Type: Article

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