Inter- and intra-specific variation on sensitivity of larval amphibians to nitrite

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 507-514

  Shinn, C ^a   Marco, A ^b   Serrano, L ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibian larvae sensitivity; Epidalea calamita; Hyla meridionalis; Inter and intra specific variation; Nitrite; Pelophylax perezi

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GENETIC ENGINEERING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AMPHIBIAN LARVAE SENSITIVITY; EPIDALEA CALAMITA; HYLA MERIDIONALIS; PELOPHYLAX PEREZI;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

NITRITE; SODIUM NITRITE;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LARVA; MORTALITY; NITRITE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDALEA CALAMITA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HYLA MERIDIONALIS; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PELOPHYLAX PEREZI; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANURA; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; NITRITES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZYGOTE;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GREDOS; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; HYLA MERIDIONALIS; PELOPHYLAX;

EID: 43049113214     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.09.054     Document Type: Article

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