Acute toxicity of zinc to common freshwater fishes of lithuania

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 114-118

  Svecevičius, Gintaras ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Fish; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012498094     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13921657.1999.10512294     Document Type: Article

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