The effect of high lead concentrations on the mortality, mass and behaviour of Porcellio laevis Latr. (Crustacea, Isopoda) in laboratory tests

African Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-146

  Odendaal, J P ^a   Reinecke, A J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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