Methoxychlor increases susceptibility to predation in the salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-92

  Verrell, P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXYCHLOR;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SALAMANDER; SURVIVAL;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GILLS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METHOXYCHLOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033989149     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289910014     Document Type: Article

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