Acta Vet. Brno 2010, 79: 157-164

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201079010157

Ecotoxicological Assessment of Sediment Leachates of Small Watercourses in the Brno City Suburban Area (South Moravia, Czech Republic)

Miroslava Beklová1, Olga Čelechovská1, Radka Dobšíková1, Ivana Haluzová1, Helena Králová2, Jitka Malá2, Helena Modrá1, Magdalena Ostrá1, Zdeňka Svobodová1

1University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, Brno, Czech Republic
2University of Technology Brno, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno, Czech Republic

Received December 3, 2008
Accepted September 8, 2009

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