Larval tolerance to salinity in three species of australian anuran: An indication of saline specialisation in litoria aurea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Kearney, Brian D ^a   Byrne, Phillip G ^a,b   Reina, Richard D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANURA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIMNODYNASTES TASMANIENSIS; LITORIA AUREA; METAMORPHOSIS; NEOBATRACHUS SUDELLI; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; SALINITY;

EID: 84865197574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043427     Document Type: Article

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