Ambient UV-B radiation causes deformities in amphibian embryos

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 13735-13737

  Blaustein, Andrew R ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^b   Chivers, Douglas P ^c   Anthony, Robert G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Salamanders; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; OREGON; OVUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA;

EID: 0031458007     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.25.13735     Document Type: Article

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