Behavioral responses of the Iberian waterfrog, Pelophylax perezi (Seoane, 1885), to three nitrogenous compounds in laboratory conditions

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1246-1257

  Egea Serrano, Andrés ^a   Tejedo, Miguel ^b   Torralva, Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity; Amphibians; Location in the water column; Nitrogenous compounds pollution; Nitrogenous mixtures; Populational divergence

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SODIUM NITRATE; SODIUM NITRITE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD INTAKE; FROG; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PELOPHYLAX PEREZI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LARVA; NITRATES; NITRITES; RANIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; PELOPHYLAX;

EID: 79960311894     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0673-6     Document Type: Article

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