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Histomorphological Evaluation of Pimephales promelas Male Gonads after Exposure to Pulp Mill and Domestic Discharges into the Uruguay River (Fray Bentos-Uruguay)


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1 Laboratorio de Fisiología de la Reproducción y Ecología en peces, Facultad de Ciencias Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
2 Departamento de Aguas y Productos Químicos, Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay
 

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  • Histomorphological Evaluation of Pimephales promelas Male Gonads after Exposure to Pulp Mill and Domestic Discharges into the Uruguay River (Fray Bentos-Uruguay)

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A. Carnikian
Laboratorio de Fisiología de la Reproducción y Ecología en peces, Facultad de Ciencias Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
D. Miguez
Departamento de Aguas y Productos Químicos, Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay
D. Vizziano-Cantonnet
Laboratorio de Fisiología de la Reproducción y Ecología en peces, Facultad de Ciencias Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2011%2Fv4iS8%2F31097