Ecological Risk Assessment of Ammonium Perchlorate on Fish, Amphibians, and Small Mammals

Abstract

Compilation of 13 reports that examine the ecological risk of ammonium perchlorate on animal life. Contents: 1) Uptake and Elimination of Perchlorate in American Bullfrog Larvae; 2) Response of Native Adult and Larval Anurans in Their Natural Environment to Ammonium Perchlorate Contamination; 3) The Effects of Contaminated and Reference Surface Waters on Metamorphosis in Xenopus Laevis ...; 4) Lethal Concentration Determination of Sodium Perchlorate and Ammonium Chloride on Xenopus Laevis Eggs ... ; 5) Sublethal Effects of Ammonium Chloride, Ammonium Perchlorate, and Sodium Perchlorate on the Development and Metamorphosis of Xenopus Laevis; 6) Protocol Development for Determination of Effects of Perchlorate on Growth and Reproduction of Misquitofish ;7) Assessment of Perchlorate in Terrestrial Mammalian Receptors; 8) Environmental Modeling ; 9) Fish and Amphibians as Aquatic Sentinels for Perchlorate Exposures and Effects ...; 10) Effects of the Perchlorate Anion on Earthworms; 11) Uptake of the Perchlorate Anion into Various Plant Species; 12) Uptake of Ammonium Perchlorate and Thyroid Status in Native Fish; and 13) In Situ Exposure of Fish and Amphibians ...

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA469870

Entities

People

  • Ronald J. Kendall

Organizations

  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammonium Perchlorate
  • Amphibians
  • Animals
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chlorides
  • Chlorine Compounds
  • Department Of Defense
  • Endocrine Disruptors
  • Fish
  • Halogen Compounds
  • Information Operations
  • Perchlorates
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Surface Waters

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Environmental Engineering