The potential impact of simulated ground-water withdrawals on the oviposition, larval development, and metamorphosis of pond-breeding frogs

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-509

  Bunnell, John F ^a   Ciraolo, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a New Jersey Pinelands Commission   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran larval development; Coastal plain ponds; Ground water withdrawals; New Jersey Pinelands; Pond hydroperiod; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FROG; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDROPERIOD; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; POND; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATER DEPTH;

NEW JERSEY; PINELANDS NATIONAL RESERVE; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FELIDAE; HYLA ANDERSONII; LITHOBATES; METAMORPHA; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 77954621438     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9182-2     Document Type: Article

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