The use of fish avoidance response in identifying sublethal toxicity of heavy metals and their mixtures

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-143

  Svecevičius, Gintaras ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Avoidance response; Fish; Heavy metal mixtures; Toxicity assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011131154     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13921657.2007.10512825     Document Type: Article

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