Comparative effects of ammonium and nitrate compounds on pacific treefrog and african clawed frog embryos

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-206

  Schuytema, G S ^a   Nebeker, A V ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUNOFF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYOTOXICITY; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; MALE; NITRATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032936631     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900461     Document Type: Article

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