Toxic effects of carbaryl on gonads of freshwater fish, Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-76

  Jyothi, B ^a,b   Narayan, G ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GI Navadaya Apartments   (India)

Author keywords

Carbaryl; Clarias batrachus; Gonads; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

CARBARIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; NONHUMAN; OVARY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDES; CLARIAS BATRACHUS;

EID: 0033048512     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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