Interactive effects of UV-B and copper on Spring Peeper tadpoles (Pseudacris crucifer)

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-22

  Baud, Donald R ^a   Beck, Melvin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER;

EID: 33644592969     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0015:IEOUAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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