Chronic toxicity of waterborne thiocyanate to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2137-2146

  Lanno, Roman P ^a   Dixon, D George ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0005983044     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-134     Document Type: Article

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