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The metabolism ofPlotosus anguillaris (Bloch) in various concentrations of salt and oxygen in the medium

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Communicated by Dr. S. Jones,f.a.sc.

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Job, S.V. The metabolism ofPlotosus anguillaris (Bloch) in various concentrations of salt and oxygen in the medium. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 50, 267–288 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051857

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