Development of a new biochemical assay for assessing toxicity in invertebrate and fish sperm

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4049-4053

  Hamoutene, D ^a   Rahimtula, A ^a   Payne, J ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DFO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Reproduction; Resazurin; Sperm; Toxicity test; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE ENGINEERING; TOXICITY;

FISH SPERM; RESAZURIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

MARINE POLLUTION;

RESAZURIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

FISH; INVERTEBRATE; SPERM; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FISH; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 0034333666     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00163-9     Document Type: Article

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