An evaluation of MS-222 and benzocaine as anesthetics for metamorphic and paedomorphic tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 417-421

  Crook, Amanda C ^a   Whiteman, Howard H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANESTHETIC; METAMORPHOSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTEBRATE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646261388     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[417:AEOMAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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