A Decade of Deformities: Advances in Our Understanding of Amphibian Malformations and Their Implications

Ecotoxicology of Amphibians and Reptiles, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 511-536

  Johnson, Pieter T J ^a   Reeves, Mari K ^b   Krest, Sherry K ^b   Pinkney, Alfred E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/EBK1420064162-23     Document Type: Chapter

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