Growth rates and digestive abilities of bullfrog tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana) fed algal diets

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 560-566

  Pryor, Gregory S ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; ANABAENA FLOSAQUAE; ANURA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS INCERTA; MICROCYSTIS PULVEREA INCERTA; RANA CATESBEIANA; SELENASTRUM; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; ULOTHRIX; ULOTHRIX CONIFERRICOLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141461559     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/153-02N     Document Type: Article

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