The effects of exposure to mild acidic conditions on adult frogs (Rana pipiens and Rana clamitans): Mortality rates and pH preferences

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 370-374

  Vatnick, I ^a   Brodkin, M A ^a   Simon, M P ^b   Grant, B W ^a   Conte, C R ^a   Gleave, M ^a   Myers, R ^a   Sadoff, M M ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 0032733122     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565633     Document Type: Article

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