Combined effects of UV-B radiation and nitrate fertilizer on larval amphibians

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1083-1093

  Hatch, Audrey C ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma macrodactylum; Amphibian decline; Fertilizer; Hyla regilla; Multiple stressors; Nitrate; Oregon, USA; Pacific Northwest; UV B

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FERTILIZER; POPULATION DECLINE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

OREGON;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; HYLA; HYLA REGILLA; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0012240509     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)13[1083:CEOURA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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