Shedding light on ultraviolet radiation and amphibian embryos

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 551-561

  Licht, Lawrence E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Amphibians; Egg jelly; Population decline; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0038240686     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0551:SLOURA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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