Decontamination of winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) following chronic exposure to effluent from a pulp and paper mill

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-201

  Khan, R A ^a   Hooper, R G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

BODY CONDITION; EFFLUENT; FISH BIOLOGY; IMPACT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; TISSUE REPAIR; WINTER;

ANIMALS; DECONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FLOUNDER; HEMOSIDEROSIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; NEWFOUNDLAND; PAPER; SPLEEN; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0033980635     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449910026     Document Type: Article

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