Mercury exposure is associated with negative effects on turtle reproduction

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2416-2422

  Hopkins, Brittney C ^a   Willson, John D ^a   Hopkins, William A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; DEAD EMBRYOS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; EMBRYONIC MORTALITY; HATCHING SUCCESS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LONG TERM MONITORING; MERCURIES (HG); MERCURY EXPOSURE; SNAPPING TURTLES; VIRGINIA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; EMBRYO; HATCHING; INFERTILITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; OMNIVORY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIVER POLLUTION; TURTLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EGG; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HATCHING; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MERCURY; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; TURTLES; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZYGOTE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84874614847     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304261s     Document Type: Article

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