Effects of age and coion (K+ and Na+) on the toxicity of thiocyanate to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during pulse or continuous exposure

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-293

  Kevan, Sherrene D ^a,b   Dixon, D George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAINBOW TROUT; STRESS; SUDDEN DEATH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030452884     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.0113     Document Type: Article

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