Fecundity of the freshwater fish, Notopterus notopterus (Pallas) in natural and heavy metal contaminated water

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-290

  Sindhe, V R ^a   Kulkarni, R S ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Heavy metals; Notopterus notopterus; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

FECUNDITY; FISH; HEAVY METAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAVIMETRY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NOTOPTERUS NOTOPTERUS; OOCYTE; OVARY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; NALA; NOTOPTERUS NOTOPTERUS;

EID: 16344377902     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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