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Biological Assay of Herbicides for Fish Toxicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

James T. Davis  and
W. S. Hardcastle
James T. Davis
Affiliation:
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission, Monroe, Louisiana
W. S. Hardcastle
Affiliation:
Noxious Weed Control Research Project, Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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The increasing use of toxic agents as pesticides for application contiguous to water areas has been viewed with trepidation by many fisheries workers. Herbicidal chemicals are viewed with particular alarm due to their increased use, both present and projected, for the control of aquatic vegetation where they are placed in direct contact with fish and other aquatic organisms.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 1959 , pp. 397 - 404
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 Weed Science Society of America 

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