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Toxicity to rainbow trout and minnows of some substances known to be present in waste water discharged to rivers

J. Grindley
- 01 Feb 1946 - 
- Vol. 33, Iss: 1, pp 103-112
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Toxicity to fish (rainbow trout or minnows) of solutions of several pure substances has been measured under controlled conditions.
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Toxicity to fish (rainbow trout or minnows) of solutions of several pure substances has been measured under controlled conditions. The substances (sodium arsenite, sodium arsenate, sodium picrate, sodium dinitrophenate, zinc sulphate, potassium chromate, potassium dichromate, ammonium chloride, and ammonium sulphate) were dissolved in distilled water, in Watford tap water, or in mixtures of distilled water and tap water.

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