Acute molybdenum toxicity to rainbow trout and other fish

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 481-485

  Davies, Trevor D ^a   Pickard, Janet ^b   Hall, Ken J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b 3650 Wesbrook Mall   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Molybdenum; Rainbow trout; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER;

RAINBOW TROUT; TOXICITY RANGE;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 32144438127     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/s05-021     Document Type: Article

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