Acute toxicity of mercury to the fingerlings of Indian major carps (catla, rohu and mrigal) in relation to water hardness and temperature

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-92

  Kumar, Ashwani ^a   Gupta, Ashok Kumar ^a,b  

^a MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Catla; Mercury; Mrigal; Rohu; Temperature; Water hardness

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOASSAY; FISH; HARDNESS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TOXICITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARP; FISH; INDIA; LC 50; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LABEO ROHITA; PISCES;

EID: 31544436306     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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