The acute toxicity of phenol and unionized ammonia, separately and together, to the ephemeropteran Baetis rhodani (Pictet)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 379-387

  Khatami, S H ^a   Pascoe, D ^a   Learner, M A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Baetis rhodani; Ephemeroptera; Macro invertebrates; Phenol

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PHENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; INSECT; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; BAETIS RHODANI; EPHEMEROPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031850875     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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