Bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticides in frogs of the Rana esculenta complex in central Italy

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-104

  Fagotti, Anna ^a   Morosi, Lorena ^a   Di Rosa, Ines ^a   Clarioni, Romina ^a   Simoncelli, Francesca ^a   Pascolini, Rita ^a   Pellegrino, Roberto ^a   Guex, Gaston Denis ^b   Hotz, Hansjürg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FROG; ORGANOCHLORINE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE;

EID: 20344364925     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538053693297     Document Type: Article

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