Acute toxicity of some heavy metals, pesticides and water soluble fractions of diesel oil to the larvae of some brachyuran crabs

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-226

  Selvakumar, S ^a   Ajmal Khan, S ^a,b   Kumaraguru, A K ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

crab larvae; heavy metals; pesticides; toxicity; WSF of diesel oil

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; LARVA; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; HEAVY METAL; TOXICITY;

DECAPODA;

EID: 0030499552     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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