Effects of sediment-bound zinc contamination on early life stages of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus L.) in the Christina watershed, Delaware, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1305-1311

  Guy, Christopher Paul ^a   Pinkney, Alfred Eli ^a   Taylor, Malcolm Herbert ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Larvae; Mummichog; Sediment; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS; ZINC;

EMBRYOS; LARVAE; LIFE STAGES; MUMMICHOG;

CONTAMINATION;

ZINC;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CYPRINID; LARVA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LARVA; LC 50; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY; CHRISTINA RIVER; DELAWARE; MAGOTHY RIVER; MARYLAND; NEW CASTLE COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

ANIMALS; DELAWARE; FUNDULIDAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; RIVERS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 33749065580     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-249R.1     Document Type: Article

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