Effects of a fertilizer, an insecticide, and a pathogenic fungus on hatching and survival of bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpoles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2198-2201

  Puglis, Holly J ^a   Boone, Michelle D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Carbaryl; Multiple stressors; Saprolegnia ferax

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI; INSECTICIDES;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBARYL; HATCHING RATE; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; SAPROLEGNIA FERAX;

FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBARIL; FERTILIZER; INSECTICIDE;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; FERTILIZER; FROG; FUNGUS; HATCHING; INSECTICIDE; JUVENILE; PATHOGEN; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; CARBARYL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FERTILIZERS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; NITRATES; RANA CATESBEIANA; SAPROLEGNIA;

FUNGI; RANA CATESBEIANA; SAPROLEGNIA FERAX;

EID: 35348829068     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-237R.1     Document Type: Article

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