Acute ammonia toxicity for eight New Zealand indigenous freshwater species

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-190

  Richardson, Jody ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anguilla australis; Anguilla dieffenbachii; Galaxias fasciatus; Galaxias maculatus; Gobiomorphus cotidianus; Gobiomorphus huttoni; Paratya curvirostris; Retropinna retropinna; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; TOXICITY;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLIFORMES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GALAXIAS FASCIATUS; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GOBIOMORPHUS COTIDIANUS; GOBIOMORPHUS HUTTONI; GOBIOMORPHYS HUTTONI; INVERTEBRATA; PARATYA; PARATYA CURVIROSTRIS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RETROPINNA RETROPINNA;

EID: 0030854246     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516757     Document Type: Article

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