Salinity tolerances of selected macroinvertebrates of the Sabie River, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-41

  Goetsch, P A ^a   Palmer, C G ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CATHARTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETHAL DOSE 50; POISONING; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; SULFATES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EPHEMEROPTERA;

EID: 0031013587     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900152     Document Type: Article

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