Heavy metals alter the survival, growth, metamorphosis, and antipredatory behavior of Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris) tadpoles

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-456

  Lefcort, H ^a   Meguire, R A ^a   Wilson, L H ^a   Ettinger, W F ^a  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FROG; HEAVY METAL; JUVENILE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FROG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; RANA PRETIOSA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031690108     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900401     Document Type: Article

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