Amphibian water quality: Approaches to an essential environmental parameter

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-52

  Odum, R A ^a   Zippel, K C ^b  

^a Toledo Zoological Society   (United States)

^b Amphibian Ark   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Benchmark; Breeding; Water quality parameters

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 41849129581     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2008.00053.x     Document Type: Review

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