Treated municipal sewage discharge affects multiple levels of biological organization in fish

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-206

  Porter, Clint M ^a   Janz, David M ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Community; Endocrine disruption; HSP70; IBI; Sewage; Sunfish; Testosterone; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN; WATER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEWAGE; STREAM;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FISH; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MALE; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MEGALOTIS; PISCES;

EID: 0037328717     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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