Effects of road salts on seasonal wetlands: Poor prey performance may compromise growth of predatory salamanders

Wetlands

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 707-715

  Petranka, James W ^a   Francis, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Amphibians; Food webs; Indirect effects; Road salts; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; MESOCOSM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT; TOXIC MATERIAL; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; INVERTEBRATA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84880827684     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0428-7     Document Type: Article

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