Increased frequency and severity of developmental deformities in rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) embryos exposed to road deicing salts (NaCl & MgCl2)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 173, Issue , 2013, Pages 264-269

  Hopkins, Gareth R ^a   French, Susannah S ^a   Brodie Jr , Edmund D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformity; Deicing salt; Embryo; MgCl2; Taricha granulosa

Indexed keywords

DEFORMITY; DEICING SALTS; EMBRYO; GRANULOSA; MGCL2;

DEFORMATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EMBRYO; HABITAT USE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DEFORMITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HATCHLING; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SALAMANDER; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA GRANULOSA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALAMANDRIDAE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSPORTATION;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TARICHA; TARICHA GRANULOSA;

EID: 84870184292     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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