Examining multiple sublethal contaminants on the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor): Effects of an insecticide, herbicide, and fertilizer

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3261-3265

  Boone, Michelle D ^a   Bridges Britton, Christine M ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Amphibian; Atrazine; Carbaryl

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD PRODUCTS; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES;

AMPHIBIAN; ATRAZINE; FOOD RESOURCES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ATRAZINE; CARBARIL; FERTILIZER; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ATRAZINE; FERTILIZER; FROG; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTANT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYLA VERSICOLOR; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FERTILIZERS; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; FERTILIZERS; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES;

AMPHIBIA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 33846207523     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-235R.1     Document Type: Article

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