Pond acidification may explain differences in corticosterone among salamander populations

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-232

  Chambers, David L ^a,c   Wojdak, Jeremy M ^b   Du, Pang ^a   Belden, Lisa K ^a  

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

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; LANDSCAPE; LARVA; MESOCOSM; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UNITED STATES; URODELA;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; MARYLAND; PENNSYLVANIA; PONDS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URODELA; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84874430596     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669917     Document Type: Article

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