Review of the methods for acute and chronic toxicity assessment of single substances, effluents and industrial waters

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-15

  Vosylienė, Milda Zita ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Standard methods; Toxicity assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012525003     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13921657.2007.10512809     Document Type: Article

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