Impact of ammonium nitrate on growth and survival of six European amphibians

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 234-239

  Ortiz, Manuel E ^a   Marco, Adolfo ^b   Saiz, Nelia ^a   Lizana, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE;

AMMONIUM; AMPHIBIAN; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NITRATE; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURE; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL WASTE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOGLOSSUS GALGANOI; EMBRYO GROWTH; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FROG; GROWTH; HATCHING; HYLA ARBOREA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MANURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PELOBATES CULTRIPES; PLEURODELES WALTL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURVIVAL; TOAD; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; BUFO CALAMITA; DISCOGLOSSUS GALGANOI; DISCOGLOSSUS PICTUS; HYLA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE; PELOBATES; PELOBATES CULTRIPES; PELOBATIDAE; PLEURODELES WALTL;

EID: 3242668849     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-2296-x     Document Type: Article

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