Effects of nitrate on embryos of three amphibian species

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 529-533

  Meredith, Christy S ^a,b   Whiteman, Howard H ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amphibians; Axolotl; Embryos; Hyla chrysoscelis; Nitrate; Rana clamitans

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; NITRATE-N;

OCEAN HABITATS;

NITRATES;

NITRATE;

AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HATCHING; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; LONGEVITY; NITRATES; RANIDAE; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 46249122099     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9384-y     Document Type: Article

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