Long-term monitoring of the health status of female perch (Perca fluviatilis) in the Baltic Sea shows decreased gonad weight and increased hepatic EROD activity

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-355

  Hansson, Tomas ^a   Lindesjöö, Eric ^b   Förlin, Lars ^c   Balk, Lennart ^a   Bignert, Anders ^d   Larsson, Åke ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish National Agency for Higher Education   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarker; CYP1A; Environmental monitoring; Fish; GSI; Plasma chloride ions

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; LIVER ENZYME; SEA WATER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FISH; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COASTAL WATERS; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GONAD; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNITY; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SWEDEN; TIME PERCEPTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; CHLORIDES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GONADS; LIVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCHES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF BOTHNIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 33748551074     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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