The effects of used motor oil, silt, and the water mold Saprolegnia parasitica on the growth and survival of mole salamanders (genus Ambystoma)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-388

  Lefcort, H ^a,b   Hancock, K A ^a   Maur, K M ^a   Rostal, D C ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FOOD CHAIN; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OILS; OOMYCETES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; OOMYCETES; SAPROLEGNIA PARASITICA; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0030792058     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900200     Document Type: Article

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