Tolerance levels of redbreast tilapia, Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1896) to natural suspended silt

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 344, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Buermann, Y ^a   Du Preez, H H ^a   Steyn, G J ^a   Smit, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Exposure; Fish; Silt

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; REDBREAST TILAPIA; SILT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

TILAPIA RENDALLI;

EID: 0030617102     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002985707694     Document Type: Article

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