A comparative population study of small vertebrates in the uranium areas of the Upper Colorado River Basin of Utah

Authors

Wilmer W. Tanner

Keywords

Radioecology, Radiation–Physiological effect, Vertebrates–Utah–Upper Colorado River Basin

Abstract

This paper constitutes a terminal report to the United States Atomic Energy Commission for contract AT(11-1)819. It provides not only a faunistic and floristic study of areas having a high and low surface radiation, but also includes a consideration of their general ecology. Major emphasis is placed on the variation of the external characteristics of the small vertebrates of these areas with a statistical analysis of those characters examined in the lizards. The study was conducted in southeastern Utah (Tanner 1963, see map) from October 1959 through 1964, and was conducted as a test of the variation effects of natural surface radiation on the external characteristics of small vertebrates.

Recommended Citation

Tanner, Wilmer W. (1965) "A comparative population study of small vertebrates in the uranium areas of the Upper Colorado River Basin of Utah," Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series: Vol. 7: No. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuscib/vol7/iss1/1