Effects of tricaine methanesulfonate (MS-222) concentration on anesthetization and recovery in four plethodontid salamanders

Herpetological Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-304

  Peterman, William E ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 34247238945     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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