Comparative acute toxicity of Cu2+, Cu+, Mn2+, Mo6+, Ni2+ and V5+ to Chironomus plumosus larvae and Tubifex tubifex worms

Biologia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-319

  Fargasová, Agáta ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chironomus plumosus; Copper; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Toxicity; Tubifex tubifex; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042883271     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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