Direct effect of ammonia on three species of north American anuran amphibians

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1806-1812

  Jofre, Mariana B ^a   Karasov, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Amphibians; Development; Green Bay; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; AMPHIBIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FROG; GROWTH RATE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; TOAD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032786808     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1806:DEOAOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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