Acute toxicity bioassay of mercuric chloride: An alien fish from a river

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-173

  Ebrahimpour, Mohammad ^a   Mosavisefat, Mostafa ^a   Mohabbati, Rohollah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gambusia holbrooki; Lethality test; Mortality; Static bioassay

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

BIOASSAY;

BIOASSAY; CYPRINID; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORTALITY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 74349120657     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240902794977     Document Type: Article

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