Waste-water management plant effluents cause cellular alterations in the skin of brown trout

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 744-758

  Burkhardt Holm, P ^a   Escher, M ^a   Meier, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dermis; epidermis; pollution; Salmo trutta; ultrastructure; waste water management plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031128321     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0338     Document Type: Article

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