Interaction of pH with mercuric chloride toxicity to penaeid prawns from a tropical estuary, East Coast of India: Enhanced toxicity at low pH

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1241-1248

  Das, Snehalata ^a   Sahu, B K ^a  

^a BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acidic medium; Bioassay; LC50; Relative toxicity; Sensitivity; Threshold limit

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MORTALITY; PH CONDITIONS; PH RANGE;

TOXICITY;

MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PENAEIDAE; PH; TOXICITY TESTING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS INDICUS; MONODON; PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 12744262693     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.09.088     Document Type: Article

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