Fish populations under stress - The example of the Lower Neckar River;Fischpopulationen unter Stress - Das Beispiel des Unteren Neckars

Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-211

  Braunbeck, Thomas ^a   Hollert, Henner ^b   Brauns, Annika ^a   Keiter, Steffen ^a   Schwartz, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Cytopathology; Cytotoxicity; Fish decline; Fish embryo test; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus test; Teratogenicity; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; GOBIO; GOBIO GOBIO; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 77951878342     PISSN: 09343504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12302-009-0044-6     Document Type: Article

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