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Original Articles

Comparison of the sensitivity to heavy metals and pentachlorophenol of the mayflies Deleatidium spp. and the cladoceran Daphnia magna

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Pages 87-93 | Received 16 Aug 1991, Accepted 16 Jan 1992, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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