Effects of sewage effluents on some reproductive parameters in adult Zebra fish (Danio rerio)

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 12-16

  Akande, M G ^a   Norrgren, L ^b   Stefan, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Sewage effluents; Spawning; Vitellogenin; Zebra fish

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84861967932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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