Condition index and growth rates of field caged corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia) as biomarkers of pollution gradients in the paraná river delta (Argentina)

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-201

  Cataldo, Daniel H ^a   Boltovskoy, Demetrio ^a   Stripeikis, Jorge ^a   Pose, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011136843     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980127712     Document Type: Article

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