Developmental instability in grayling (Thymallus thymallus) exposed to methylmercury during embryogenesis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-354

  Vollestad L A ^a   Fjeld, E ^b   Haugen, T ^a   Oxnevad, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Developmental stability; Embryogenesis; Fluctuating asymmetry; Methylmercury; Thymallus thymallus

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FISH; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FISH; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY;

THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 0031690452     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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