Integrated field and laboratory tests to evaluate effects of metals-impacted wetlands on amphibians: A case study from Montana

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1443, 2003, Pages 184-204

  Linder, Greg ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; In situ toxicity tests; Metals; Mining impacts; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

METALS; MINING; TOXICITY; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIANS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 0038511131     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp11183s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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