Multiple sublethal chemicals negatively affect tadpoles of the green frog, Rana clamitans

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1267-1272

  Boone, Michelle D ^a,b,c   Bridges, Christine M ^a   Fairchild, James F ^a   Little, Edward E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Carbaryl; Fertilizers; Insecticide; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; METABOLISM; NITRATES; PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; CHEMICAL STRESSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS; TADPOLES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBARIL; FERTILIZER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FROG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

AGRICULTURE; ALGA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FROG; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; CARBARYL; FERTILIZERS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; RANA ESCULENTA; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 18244369768     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-319R.1     Document Type: Article

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