Subchronic effects of five di-ortho PCB congeners on survival, growth and reproduction in the fathead minnow Pimephales promelas

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1526-1532

  Suedel, Burton C ^a,d   Dillon, Tom M ^b   Benson, William H ^c  

^a Dames and Moore Inc   (United States)

^b EA Eng Sci and Technology Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d ENTRIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Congener; Growth; PCBs; Pimephales promelas; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0030795878     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1526:SEOFDO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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