Developmental disorders in larvae of eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) from German and Swedish Baltic coastal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 497-507

  Gercken, Jens ^a   Förlin, Lars ^b   Andersson, Jan ^c  

^a Institute of Applied Ecology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biological effects monitoring; Germany; Larval disorders; Sweden; Viviparous blenny

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS MONITORING; LARVAL DISORDERS; VIVIPAROUS BLENNY;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; IMPURITIES; WATER POLLUTION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ABNORMALITY; COASTAL WATER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EEL; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; LARVA; MORTALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCIFORMES; SWEDEN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

LYCODES TOYAMENSIS; ZOARCES VIVIPARUS; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 33748916430     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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