A regional survey of malformed frogs in Minnesota (USA) (Minnesota malformed frogs)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-61

  Vandenlangenberg, Susan M ^a   Canfield, Jeffrey T ^a   Magner, Joseph A ^b  

^a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ^*  (United States)

^b Minnesota Pollution Control Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Climate; Frog; Hydrology; Malformation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY;

MALFORMATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ABNORMALITY; AMPHIBIAN; HYDROLOGY; WATER DEPTH;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HEALTH SURVEY; HYDROLOGY; INTERTIDAL ZONE; LITTORAL; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; MINNESOTA; RANIDAE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MUSTELA VISON; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS; RANA SEPTENTRIONALIS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037322593     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021684723301     Document Type: Article

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