Accumulation of pesticides in Pacific chorus frogs (Pseudacris regilla) from California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA.

@article{Smalling2013AccumulationOP,
  title={Accumulation of pesticides in Pacific chorus frogs (Pseudacris regilla) from California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA.},
  author={Kelly L. Smalling and Gary M. Fellers and Patrick M. Kleeman and Kathryn M. Kuivila},
  journal={Environmental toxicology and chemistry},
  year={2013},
  volume={32 9},
  pages={
          2026-34
        }
}
Pesticides are receiving increasing attention as potential causes of amphibian declines, acting singly or in combination with other stressors, but limited information is available on the accumulation of current-use pesticides in tissue. The authors examined potential exposure and accumulation of currently used pesticides in pond-breeding frogs (Pseudacris regilla) collected from 7 high elevations sites in northern California. All sites sampled are located downwind of California's highly… 
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