The architecture of the aquatic environment and its influence on the growth and development of tadpoles (Xenopus laevis)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2012, Pages 690-697

  Calich, Hannah J ^a   Wassersug, Richard J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FROG; GROWTH RATE; SHALLOW WATER; SURFACE AREA; WATER DEPTH;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84871418662     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-11-012     Document Type: Article

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