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Filtering by: Creator Tallent-Halsell, Nita Committee Member Greenwood, Jeffrey Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Semi-volatile organic compounds and developing organisms : accumulation in California mountain tadpoles in the field and fish embryo exposures in the laboratory

Creator:

Stanley, Kerri A.

Abstract:

The atmospheric transport and deposition of semi-volatile organic compounds (SOCs), including current and historic use pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), to mountain ecosystems may result in the exposure of tadpoles to these SOCs. This exposure has been implicated in amphibian population declines in California. Tadpoles encounter...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

, Carlos Davidson, and Nita Tallent-Halsell who have helped me immensely with many aspects of my research