Evaluating prey capture by larval mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) as a potential biomarker for contaminants

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-38

  Weis, Judith S ^a   Samson, Jennifer ^a   Zhou, Tong ^a   Skurnick, Joan ^b   Weis, Peddrick ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biomarker; Fundulus; Larva; Mummichog; Population; Prey capture; Sediment; Sublethal

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

PREY CAPTURE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOMARKER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUNDULIDAE; LARVA; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANOSTRACA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 0037290119     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00204-0     Document Type: Article

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