Lethal and sublethal effects of nitrogen fertilizer ammonium nitrate on common toad (Bufo bufo) tadpoles

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 298-303

  Xu, Q ^a   Oldham, R S ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; FOOD INTAKE; LC 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; TOAD; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO;

EID: 0030991752     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900188     Document Type: Article

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