Dietary exposure of mink (Mustela vison) to fish from the Housatonic River, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA: Effects on reproduction, kit growth, and survival

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1533-1540

  Bursian, Steven J ^a   Sharma, Chanda ^a   Aulerich, Richard J ^a   Yamini, Behzad ^a   Mitchell, Rachel R ^a   Orazio, Carl E ^b   Moore, Dwayne R J ^c   Svirsky, Susan ^d   Tillitt, Donald E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^c CANTOX Environmental   (Canada)

^d US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Housatonic River; Mink; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROWTH KINETICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

HOUSATONIC RIVER; MINK; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

BIODIVERSITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MAMMAL; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH CURVE; LC 50; MALE; MINK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BERKSHIRE COUNTY; HOUSATONIC RIVER; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MUSTELA VISON;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MINK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33746508584     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-406R.1     Document Type: Article

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