River water with high iron concentration and low pH causes mortality of lamprey roe and newly hatched larvae

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-48

  Myllynen, K ^a   Ojutkangas, E ^a   Nikinmaa, M ^b  

^a Ctrl Ostrobothnia Reg Environ C   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; CYCLOSTOME; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

FISH EGG; FISH LARVA; HATCHABILITY; IRON; PH; RIVER LAMPREY;

FINLAND, PERHONJOKI RIVER;

LAMPETRA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 0031060919     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.1484     Document Type: Article

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