Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran LarvaeRoy W. McDiarmid, Ronald Altig In our own juvenile stage, many of us received our wide-eyed introduction to the wonders of nature by watching the metamorphosis of swimming tadpoles into leaping frogs and toads. The recent alarming declines in amphibian populations worldwide and the suitability of amphibians for use in answering research questions in disciplines as diverse as molecular systematics, animal behavior, and evolutionary biology have focused enormous attention on tadpoles. Despite this popular and scientific interest, relatively little is known about these fascinating creatures. In this indispensable reference, leading experts on tadpole biology relate what we currently know about tadpoles and what we might learn from them in the future. Tadpoles provides detailed summaries of tadpole morphology, development, behavior, ecology, and environmental physiology; explores the evolutionary consequences of the tadpole stage; synthesizes available information on their biodiversity; and presents a standardized terminology and an exhaustive literature review of tadpole biology. |
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absent adult Altig amphibians anteroventral anuran anuran larvae aquatic Ascaphus behavior benthic Blaustein body Bombina branchial Bufo Bufo americanus Bufonidae cartilage cavity cells ciliary density developmental dextral dorsal tail-body junction Duellman ecology eggs embryos endotroph exotroph feeding frog genetic gills glands Gosner Gradwell growth rate habitat hatching Hyla Hylidae increase Inger jaw sheaths keratinized labial teeth labium larval larval period lateral lentic Leptodactylidae lotic LTRF marginal papillae Meckel's cartilage medial medium metamorphic metamorphosis microhylids morphology nearer snout nektonic nerve Nieuwkoop/Faber O. M. Sokol oral disc originates near dorsal oval/depressed papillae poles ponds posterior predation Pseudacris Rana catesbeiana Ranidae sinistral smooth arc snout than eye species spiracle stage studies tadpoles taxa temperature temporaria tion tip pointed tip rounded tooth rows Type typical uniserial variation ventral velum Wassersug wide dorsal gap Xenopus laevis Zool
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Page 387 - Breeding Habits and Embryonic Thermal Requirements of the Frogs, Rana aurora aurora and Rana pretiosa pretiosa, in the Pacific Northwest, Ecology 52: 116-124. Linder G., Woodward DF, and Pascoe G., 2002. "Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment for Aquatic, Wetland, and Terrestrial Habitats Along the Clark Fork River, Montana," In Hoffman DJ, Rattner BA, Burton Jr.
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Page 391 - Hemoglobin synthesis during amphibian metamorphosis — I. Chemical studies on the hemoglobins from the larval and adult stages of Rana catesbeiana.
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Page 387 - Chelgren. 1973. The role of behavioral thermoregulation in the growth energetics of the toad, Bufo boreas. Ecology 54:375-383.
Page 400 - Elevated maintenance costs in an anuran (Rana catesbeiana) exposed to a mixture of trace elements during the embryonic and early larval periods.
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