Do effects of mercury in larval amphibians persist after metamorphosis?

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Todd, Brian D ^a,b   Willson, John D ^a   Bergeron, Christine M ^a   Hopkins, William A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Carryover effects; Latent effects; Maternal effects; Population models

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METAMORPHOSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFO AMERICANUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH CURVE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOAD; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LARVA; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS;

EID: 84856277640     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0768-0     Document Type: Article

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