Acute and postexposure effects of ammonia toxicity on juvenile barramundi (Lates calcarifer [Bloch])

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 624-631

  Økelsrud, Asle ^a,b   Pearson, Richard G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Local water quality guidelines; Short term exposure; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; PERCIFORM; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LATES CALCARIFER; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; FISHES; GROWTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LATES CALCARIFER;

EID: 35348826928     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0215-z     Document Type: Article

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