Effects of atrazine and nitrate on northern leopard frog (rana pipiens) larvae exposed in the laboratory from posthatch through metamorphosis

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2850-2855

  Allran, John Wesley ^a   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Atrazine; Nitrate; Rana pipiens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000422269     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620191133     Document Type: Article

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