Genetic and meristic variations in the mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus, living in polluted and reference estuaries

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-283

  Kirchhoff, S ^a   Sévigny, J M ^b   Couillard, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fin rays; Fish; Fundulus heteroclitus; Genetics; Meristic; Pollution; Population characteristics; Pulp mills; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; GENETIC VARIATION; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESTUARY; FISH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PULP MILL; SEA POLLUTION;

CANADA; MIRAMICHI ESTUARY; NEW BRUNSWICK;

ANIMALIA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344026327     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(98)00121-4     Document Type: Article

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