Ammonia, a potential toxic to fish : Applications to turbot;L'azote ammoniacal, un toxique potentiel en élevage de poissons : Le cas du turbot

BFPP - Bulletin Francais de la Peche et de la Protection des Milieux Aquatiques

Volumn 71, Issue 350-51, 1998, Pages 393-412

  Person Le Ruyet, J ^a   Boeuf, G ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

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SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0343002155     PISSN: 07672861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/kmae:1998013     Document Type: Article

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