Assessing whether disinfectants against the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis have negative effects on tadpoles and zooplankton

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,b   Geiser, Céline ^a   Peyer, Niklaus ^a   Keller, Nina ^a   Von Rütte, Mirjam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KARCH ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bleach; Bufo; Chytridiomycosis; Disinfectant; Rana; Tadpole; Virkon s

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISINFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO; FUNGI;

EID: 70349274460     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788795245     Document Type: Article

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