Exposure to sewage plumes and the incidence of deformities in larval fishes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 7-12, 1996, Pages 201-212

  Kingsford, Michael J ^a   Suthers, Iain M ^b   Gray, Charles A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DEFORMITY; EYE; FISH; HEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0030781026     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00166-X     Document Type: Article

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