Multiple stressors and the cause of amphibian abnormalities

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-440

  Reeves, Mari K ^a,b   Jensen, Peter ^c   Dolph, Christine L ^d   Holyoak, Marcel ^b   Trust, Kimberly A ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Integral Consulting   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormality; Alaska, USA; Amphibian; Invertebrate predators; Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; Lithobates sylvaticus; Malformation; Metals; Rana sylvatica; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; AMPHIBIAN; DRAGONFLY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INJURY; LIMB; METAL; PARASITE INFESTATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATION; SKELETON; TOXIC MATERIAL; WETLAND;

ALASKA; KENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; INVERTEBRATA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 77955390644     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0879.1     Document Type: Article

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