Effects of increased salinity on tadpoles of two anurans from a Caribbean coastal wetland in relation to their natural abundance

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-18

  Rios López, Neftalí ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Anuran metamorphosis; Cane toad; Coastal wetlands; Salinity response; Salinization; Sea level rise; Tadpole development; White lipped frog

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; LEPTODACTYLUS ALBILABRIS;

EID: 66849141860     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808783431451     Document Type: Article

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