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Research Article

Behavioral and morphological endpoints: as an early response to sublethal malathion intoxication in the freshwater fish, Labeo rohita

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Pages 160-165 | Received 04 May 2009, Accepted 21 Jul 2009, Published online: 22 Mar 2010

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