Toxicity of metals to tadpoles of the common Sunda toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-376

  Shuhaimi Othman, M ^a   Nadzifah, Y ^a   Umirah, N S ^a   Ahmad, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

acute toxicity; amphibian tadpoles; frog; mortality; sensitivity; soft water

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPHIBIAN TADPOLES; FROG; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY; SOFT WATER;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; LEAD; TOXICITY; ZINC;

MANGANESE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FROG; HEAVY METAL; LARVA; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TOAD; TRACE METAL; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 84861121798     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.640636     Document Type: Article

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