Acute toxicity bioassay of dimethoate on freshwater airbreathing catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-440

  Pandey, Rakesh K ^a   Singh, Ram N ^a   Singh, Sarika ^a   Singh, Narendra N ^b   Das, Vijai K ^a  

^a Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences   (India)

^b St Andrew's College India   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Dimethoate; Heteropneustes fossilis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DIMETHOATE;

BIOASSAY; BIOPESTICIDE; CHEMICAL CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; MORTALITY; SECRETION; SOFTWARE; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERACTIVITY; LC 50; MALE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; RESTLESSNESS; SWIMMING; TOXICITY TESTING;

CLARIIDAE; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS;

EID: 65649088284     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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