The three-spined stickleback as an environmental sentinel: Effects of stressors on whole-body physiological indices

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 207-229

  Pottinger, T G ^a,c   Carrick, T R ^a   Yeomans, W E ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Pollution; Stress; Three spined stickleback; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0036656224     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb01747.x     Document Type: Article

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