Physicochemical changes of aluminium in mixing zones: Mortality and physiological disturbances in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 986-996

  Witters, Hilda E ^a   Van Puymbroeck, Sylvain ^a   Stouthart, Alexander J H X ^b   Wendelaar Bonga, Sjoerd E ^b  

^a Department of Environment ^*  (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Aluminium fractionation; Brown trout; Mixing zones; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROUT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029974676     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0986:PCOAIM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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