Interactive Effects of Maternal and Dietary Mercury Exposure Have Latent and Lethal Consequences for Amphibian Larvae.
06/05/2011
ABSTRACT: Organisms born into the same contaminated environment as
their parents can be exposed both maternally and environmentally to
contaminants, potentially placing them at greater risk of adverse effects than
when exposed via either of the two pathways independently. We examined
whether embryonic exposure to maternally derived mercury (Hg) interacts
with dietary exposure to negatively influence larval development in American
toads (Bufo americanus).
Research Study.
