Acute toxicity of endosulfan to three freshwater snails in Jamaica

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-279

  Ellis Tabanor, Margelette ^a   Hyslop, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Avoidance reactions; Jamaica; Melanoides tuberculata; Planorbella duryi; Thiara granifera

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; PISCES; PLANORBELLA DURYI; TAREBIA GRANIFERA;

EID: 44649093819     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v43i2.a14     Document Type: Note

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