Acid precipitation and embryonic mortality of spotted salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum

Spotted salamanders breed in temporary pools formed in early spring by melted snow and rain. Many of these pools reflect the low pH of precipitation in the northeastern United States. Egg mortality is low (less than 1 percent) in pools near neutrality, but high (greater than 60 percent) in pools more acid than pH 6. Developmental anomalies and the embryonic stage at which death occurs are the same in field situations as at corresponding pH's in laboratory experiments.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1976

Erschienen:

1976

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:192

Enthalten in:

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 192(1976), 4234 vom: 02. Apr., Seite 68-70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pough, F H [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article

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Date Completed 25.05.1976

Date Revised 18.06.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM000044644