Differential effects of malathion and nitrate exposure on American toad and wood frog tadpoles

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-335

  Smith, Geoffrey R ^a   Krishnamurthy, S V ^a,b   Burger, Anthony C ^a   Mills, Leonard B ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALATHION; NITRATE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER; FROG; MALATHION; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; NITRATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; TOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUFONIDAE; FERTILIZERS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALATHION; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; OHIO; RANIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

BUFO AMERICANUS; METAMORPHA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 79251595943     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9559-5     Document Type: Article

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