Chronic toxicity of ammonia to early life stage rainbow trout

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 433-440

  Brinkman, Stephen F ^a   Woodling, John D ^b   Vajda, Alan M ^b   Norris, David O ^b  

^a Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN; PATHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXICITY; WILD POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 77953543207     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-224.1     Document Type: Article

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