Effects of tricaine methanesulfonate (MS-222) on hematocrit: First field measurements on blacknose dace

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 500-503

  Macavoy, S E ^a   Zaepfel, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030799797     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0500:EOTMMO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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