Comparative efficacy of clove oil and other chemicals in anaesthetization of Pomacentrus amboinensis, a coral reef fish

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 931-938

  Munday, P L ^a   Wilson, S K ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 phenoxyethanol; Anaesthetic; Benzocaine; Clove oil; MS 222; Quinaldine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031282564     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0498     Document Type: Article

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