Dissolved oxygen requirements for hatching success of two ambystomatid salamanders in restored ephemeral ponds

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1202-1213

  Sacerdote, Allison B ^a   King, Richard B ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Canopy closure; Egg mass; Flatwoods; Hypoxia; Vernal pool

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EPHEMERAL POOL; EXTINCTION; FOREST DYNAMICS; HATCHING; HYPOXIA; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA LATERALE; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 72449198971     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-235.1     Document Type: Article

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