A review of the role of contaminants in amphibian declines

Handbook of Ecotoxicology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1099-1128

  Sparling, Donald W ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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