Ontogenic delays in effects of nitrite exposure on tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) and wood frogs (Rana sylvatica)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1523-1527

  Griffis Kyle, Kerry L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Eastern tiger salamander; Nitrite; Ontogenic delays; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

NITRITE EXPOSURE; ONTOGENIC DELAYS; TADPOLES; TIGER SALAMANDER;

TOXICITY;

NITRITE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TIGRINUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FROG; HATCHING; LARVAL STAGE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDER; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; LARVA; NITRITES; RANIDAE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 18844450722     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-452R.1     Document Type: Article

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