Responses of skin mucous cells to aluminum exposure at low pH in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1039-1045

  Berntssen, M H G ^a,c   Kroglund, F ^b   Rosseland, B O ^b   Wendelaar Bonga, S E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0030875293     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-54-5-1039     Document Type: Article

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