Interactive effects of maternal and environmental exposure to coal combustion wastes decrease survival of larval southern toads (Bufo terrestris)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 211-218

  Metts, Brian S ^a   Buhlmann, Kurt A ^a   Scott, David E ^a   Tuberville, Tracey D ^a   Hopkins, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Amphibian; Coal combustion wastes; Contaminants; Selenium; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AMPHIBIAN POPULATION; COAL COMBUSTION WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LARVAL PERIODS; LARVAL SURVIVAL; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MESOCOSMS; REDUCED GROWTH RATE; REFERENCE CONDITION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

COAL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COAL; COMBUSTION; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM; SURVIVAL; TOAD; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; BUFO TERRESTRIS; CHEMICAL WASTE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TOAD; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; COAL; COAL ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LARVA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84857333240     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.042     Document Type: Article

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