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	Figure 1. Larval growth of P. triseriata among control and 48 h TCDD treatments expressed as an increase in, a) total length (mm) and, b) weight (g) over time. Each data point represents the average length (± SE) of ten randomly selected larvae. Eggs were originally exposed for 48 h to waterborne concentrations of TCDD as follows: low (0.3 μg/l), medium (3.0 μg/l), and high (30.0 μg/l). Control P. triseriata were statistically longer, but not heavier than TCDD-treated larvae on the final sampling day (day 40)
	Figure 2:. Time (days) required for 48 h control and TCDD-treated P. triseriata larvae to reach metamorphosis. Control P. triseriata completed metamorphosis more rapidly than TCDD- treated animals. Eggs were originally exposed for 48 h to waterborne concentrations of TCDD as follows: low (0.3 μg/l), medium (3.0 μg/l), and high (30.0 μg/l).
	Figure 3. Size at metamorphosis of P. triseriata control and TCDD-treated animals measured in terms of, a) snout-vent length (mm), and, b) weight (g). Eggs were originally exposed for 48 h to waterborne concentrations of TCDD as follows: low (0.3 μg/l), medium (3.0 μg/l), and high (30.0 μg/l). *The number within parentheses represents the total number of metamorphosed frogs for each treatment.
	Figure 4. Larval growth of X. laevis expressed as an increase in total length (mm) over time for, a) control and 24 h TCDD treatments and, b) control and 48 h TCDD treatments. *Each point represents the average length of the five larvae (± SE) from each treatment. Eggs were originally exposed for either 24 or 48 h to waterborne concentrations of TCDD as follows: low (0.3 μg/l), medium (3.0 μg/l), and high (30.0 μg/l). At the final sampling period (32 days post exposure), control tadpoles for both 24 and 48 h trials were significantly longer than the animals from the slowest growing treatment. For the 24 h trial, control tadpoles were significantly longer than those exposed to the high dose (30.0 μg/l) of TCDD. For the 48 h trial, control tadpoles were significantly longer that those exposed to the low dose (0.3 μg/l) of TCDD.

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