Toxicity of naphthenic acids to wood frog tadpoles (Lithobates sylvaticus)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 170-173

  Melvin, Steven D ^a   Trudeau, Vance L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NAPHTHENIC ACID; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LITHOBATES SYLVATICUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OIL FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; LARVA; PONDS; RANIDAE; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856862679     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.640092     Document Type: Article

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