Acute toxicity of ammonia to juvenile shrimp Penaeus vannamei Boone

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 646-652

  Frias Espericueta M G ^a   Harfush Melendez, M ^b   Osuna Lopez J I ^a   Paez Osuna F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LC 50; NONHUMAN; SHRIMP; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PENAEIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0345161697     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900923     Document Type: Article

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