Effects of metals on condition and reproductive output of the smooth toadfish in Sydney estuaries, south-eastern Australia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-122

  Alquezar, Ralph ^a,b   Markich, Scott J ^c   Booth, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Aquatic Solutions International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition; Diet; Lipids; Metals; Proteins; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONDITION; REPRODUCTION;

CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; LIPIDS; NUTRITION; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

METAL ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; LEAD; METAL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EGG SIZE; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FECUNDITY; FISH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; LIPID; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SIZE; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; GONAD; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OOCYTE; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GONADS; LEAD; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; PROTEINS; RIVERS; SELENIUM; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; TETRACTENOS;

EID: 33646024924     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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