Assessment of rates of deformity in wild frog populations using in situ cages: A case study of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) in Ontario, Canada

Biomarkers

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-63

  Harris, Megan L ^a   Bishop, Christine A ^b   McDaniel, Tana V ^b  

^a Lorax Environmental   (New Zealand)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Deformity; Enclosure; Leopard frog; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; EYE MALFORMATION; FROG; LIMB DEFORMITY; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; NECTURUS MACULOSUS; PANTHERA PARDUS; PROTEIDAE; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 0035152382     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135475001452797     Document Type: Article

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