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Blood chemistry levels after acute and chronic exposure to HgC12 in the killifish Aphanius dispar (RUPP)

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This work evaluated the changes that occurred in the levels of eight blood constituents under the stress of experimental Hg pollution. Experiments have been made on Aphanius dispar Rupp. collected from the inter-tidal zone around the marine biological station of Al Ghardaqa, Red Sea Egypt.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    A. M. Hilmy & M. B. Shabana

  2. Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Al Ghardaqa, Red Sea, Egypt

    M. M. Saied

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Hilmy, A.M., Shabana, M.B. & Saied, M.M. Blood chemistry levels after acute and chronic exposure to HgC12 in the killifish Aphanius dispar (RUPP). Water Air Soil Pollut 14, 409–417 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291853

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