Alteration of larval development and metamorphosis by nitrate and perchlorate in southern leopard frogs (Rana sphenocephala)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 639-646

  Ortiz Santaliestra, Manuel E ^a   Sparling, Donald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Developmental toxicology; Fertilizers; Goitrogenic disruption; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PERCHLORATE;

AGROCHEMICAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER; FROG; HORMONE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERTILIZERS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; PERCHLORIC ACID; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RANA PIPIENS; THYROID GLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 35348923114     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0277-y     Document Type: Article

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