Zinc effects on the embryos and larvae of the sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1022-1027

  Viljoen, A ^a   Steyn, G J ^a   Van Vuren, J H J ^a   Wade, P W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

ACCURACY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; EFFLUENT; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HATCHING; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 0037407684     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0085-2     Document Type: Article

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