Effects of ambient UV-B radiation on early development of the common frog (Rana temporaria) embryos in the subarctic

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-58

  Merilä, Juha ^a   Laurila, Anssi ^a,b   Pahkala, Maarit ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FROG; SUBARCTIC REGION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

FINLAND;

RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0034048230     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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