Insensitivity to road salt: An advantage for the American bullfrog?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 721, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Matlaga, Tanya Hawley ^a,b   Phillips, Chris A ^a   Soucek, Dave J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Deicing agents; Dragonfly larvae; Lithobates catesbeianus; Sublethal effects; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHLORIDE; DRAGONFLY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; ROAD; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84887969610     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1626-2     Document Type: Article

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