Acute toxicity of water soluble fractions of crude oil to the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 623-629

  Omoregie, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE TOXICITY; ALKALINITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHILICITY; LC 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SEA POLLUTION; TILAPIA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LETHAL DOSE 50; PETROLEUM; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0036589755     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280300     Document Type: Article

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