Effects of nitrate on the tadpoles of two Ranids (Rana catesbeiana and R. clamitans)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-562

  Smith, G R ^a   Temple, K G ^a   Vaala, D A ^a   Dingfelder, H A ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NITRATE; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTATION; FROG; LABORATORY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA CLAMITANS; SPECIES; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FERTILIZERS; LARVA; NITRATES; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANIDAE;

EID: 27544431696     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0004-0     Document Type: Article

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