Comparing biological responses to mill process changes: A study of steroid concentrations in goldfish exposed to effluent and waste streams from a Canadian bleached sulphite mill

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Parrott, J L ^a   Jardine, J J ^a   Blunt, B R ^a   McCarthy, L H ^a   McMaster, M E ^a   Wood, C S ^b   Roberts, J ^c   Carey, J H ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Nexfor Technology Centre   (Canada)

^c Nexfor Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Final effluent; Fish; Steroids; Testes; Testosterone; Waste streams

Indexed keywords

BLEACHED SULPHITE MILLS; STEROIDS; WASTE STREAMS;

AQUACULTURE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SULFITE; TESTOSTERONE;

EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FECUNDITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GOLDFISH; INDUSTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; WASTE;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0033430965     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00708-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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