Effects of triphenyltin and pH on the growth and development of Rana lessonae and Rana esculenta tadpoles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1940-1947

  Fioramonti, Ennio ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a,c   Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^a   Fent, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Growth; Metamorphosis; pH; Survival; Triphenyltin

Indexed keywords

TRIPHENYLTIN ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE;

EID: 0030833808     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1940:EOTAPO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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