Effect of UV-B exposure on eggs and embryos of patagonian anurans and evidence of photoprotection

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2063-2070

  Perotti, María Gabriela ^a   Diéguez, María del Carmen ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anurans; Eggs and embryos; Jelly; Melanin; Patagonia; UVR

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANURANS; EGGS; EMBRYOS; JELLY; MELANIN; PATAGONIA;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EGG; EMBRYO; FROG; MELANIN; PHOTOPROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BUFO SPINULLOSUS PAPILLOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FROGS AND TOADS; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PLEURODEMA BUFONINUM; PLEURODEMA THAUL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; BUFO SPINULOSUS; PLEURODEMA; PLEURODEMA THAUL;

EID: 33751014549     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.06.055     Document Type: Article

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