Stress-related bioindicator anomalies in feral male winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) exposed to effluent from two pulp and paper mills in Newfoundland

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 401-407

  Khan, R A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOUNDER; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOUNDER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIVER; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND; PAPER; SEASONS; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0037291479     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0205-4     Document Type: Article

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