Sensitivity to nitrate and nitrite in pond-breeding amphibians from the Pacific Northwest, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2836-2839

  Marco, Adolfo ^a,d   Quilchano, Consuelo ^b   Blaustein, Andrew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Fertilizers; Interspecific comparison; Nitrate; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ECOTOXICITY; INCUBATION TIME; LD 50; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

AMBYSTOMA GRACILE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; HYLA; HYLA REGILLA; PISCES; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA AURORA; RANA PRETIOSA; RANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032736318     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620181225     Document Type: Article

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