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Determining fish avoidance of polluted water

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A critical evaluation is given of material and methods to be used for the study of behavioral responses of fish towards polluted water. Experiments with Fathead minnows in a steep gradient of hypochlorite are described and discussed. Methods leading towards standarization of fish avoidance reactions are advocated.

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    Stephan R. Larrick, K. L. Dickson, D. S. Cherry & John Cairns Jr.

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This research was supported by the American Electric Power Service Corporation, Canton, Ohio USA

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Larrick, S.R., Dickson, K.L., Cherry, D.S. et al. Determining fish avoidance of polluted water. Hydrobiologia 61, 257–265 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044451

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