Assessment of the freshwater annual fish Cynopoecilus melanotaenia as a toxicity test organism using three reference substances

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2188-2190

  Arenzon, Alexandre ^a   Pinto, Régis Fontana ^a   Colombo, Patrick ^a   Raya Rodriguez, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annual fish; Copper sulfate; Cynopoecilus melanotaenia; Sodium chloride; Sodium dodecil sulfate

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; FISHERIES; RESEARCH; TOXICITY;

TOXICITY TESTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COPPER SULFATE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CYNOPOECILUS MELANOTAENIA; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; COPPER SULFATE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; OVUM; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; CYNOPOECILUS; CYNOPOECILUS MELANOTAENIA; MELANOTAENIA;

EID: 0242287325     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-292     Document Type: Article

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