Combined effects of UV-B, nitrate, and low pH reduce the survival and activity level of larval cascades frogs (Rana cascadae)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 494-499

  Hatch, A C ^a   Blaustein, A R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; NITRATE;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FROG; NITRATE; PH; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; NITRATES; RANIDAE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CASCADAE;

EID: 0033694893     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010132     Document Type: Article

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