Combined exposure to ambient UVB radiation and nitrite negatively affects survival of amphibian early life stages

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 55-65

  Macías, Guadalupe ^a   Marco, Adolfo ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Fertilizers; nitrite; Synergism; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIBIANS; NITRITES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET-B RADIATION (UVB);

MARINE BORERS;

FERTILIZER; SODIUM NITRITE;

AMPHIBIAN; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER; FROG; LARVA; NITRITE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; SYNERGISM; TOAD; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TOAD; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BUFO BUFO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; SEASONS; SODIUM NITRITE; SPAIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GREDOS; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BUFO BUFO; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA PEREZI;

EID: 34548503654     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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