Effects of fish size and water temperature on the acute toxicity of boron to Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus and red sea bream Pagrus major

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 356-363

  Furuta, Takeshi ^a   Iwata, Nakahiro ^a   Kikuchi, Kotaro ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Boron; Fish size; Japanese flounder; Red sea bream; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; PAGRUS MAJOR; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 34147117825     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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