Gonadal abnormalities in frogs (Lithobates spp.) collected from managed wetlands in an agricultural region of Nebraska, USA

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 172, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Papoulias, Diana M ^a   Schwarz, Matt S ^b   Mena, Lourdes ^b  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian sexual development; Ecotoxicology; Endocrine disruption; Pesticides; Rainwater Basin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHEMICALS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; HIGH RATE; LEOPARD FROGS; LIFE STAGES; MIGRATORY BIRDS; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICAN; RAINWATER BASIN; SEX RATIOS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTICULAR OOCYTES; WETLAND HABITATS;

BIOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; PESTICIDES; WATER QUALITY;

WETLANDS;

ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GLYPHOSATE; METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE;

ABNORMALITY; AMPHIBIAN; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PESTICIDE; SEX RATIO; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; LITHOBATES BLAIRI; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GONADS; NEBRASKA; PESTICIDES; RANIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

NEBRASKA; RAINWATER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; CACOSTERNUM; LITHOBATES; METAMORPHA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 84866128683     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.07.042     Document Type: Article

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