Effects of pulsed nitrate exposure on amphibian development

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1331-1337

  Earl, Julia E ^a,b,c   Whiteman, Howard H ^a,b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Watershed Studies Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo; Developmental stability; Ecotoxicology; Hyla; Pulsed exposure

Indexed keywords

BUFO; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HYLA; PULSED EXPOSURE;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CONSERVATION; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; NITRATES; TOXICITY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

NITRATE;

AMPHIBIAN; ASYMMETRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; NITRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOAD; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; LARVA; NITRATES;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO; BUFO AMERICANUS; HYLA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS;

EID: 67649218502     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-325.1     Document Type: Article

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