Sexual differences in mortality and sublethal stress in channel catfish following a 10 week exposure to copper sulfate

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-339

  Perkins, E J ^a   Griffin, B ^b   Hobbs, M ^b   Gollon, J ^b   Wolford, L ^a   Schlenk, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel catfish; Copper toxicity; Metallothionein; Sexual differences

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ALGICIDE; AQUACULTURE; CHANNEL CATFISH; COPPER SULFATE; MORTALITY; SUBLETHAL STRESS;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0030616634     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(96)00825-9     Document Type: Article

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