Effects of competition and coal-combustion wastes on recruitment and life history characteristics of salamanders in temporary wetlands

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-184

  Roe, John H ^a,b   Hopkins, William A ^a,c   DuRant, Sarah E ^a,c   Unrine, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Density; Ephemeral ponds; Interactive effects; Pollution; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM;

AMPHIBIAN; COAL; COMBUSTION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MARINE POLLUTION; METAMORPHOSIS; SURVIVAL; WETLAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD WEB; LARVA; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; WETLAND;

AMBYSTOMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHLOROPHYLL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM; AMPHIBIA; METAMORPHA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33746366799     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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