PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 18, Issue no.2/ 2024

Authors :

Elena ZUBCOV 1* , Natalia ZUBCOV 1 , Lucia BILETCHI 1 , Nina BAGRIN 1 , Antoaneta ENE 2 , Victor CIORNEA 1 , Petru CIORBA 1 , Olga JURMINSKAIA 1

1 Moldova State University, Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova

 2 Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Faculty of Sciences and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, INPOLDE Research Center, Galati, Romania

E-mail : * Corresponding author: ecotox@yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2024182008

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