Use of paired fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) reproductive test. Part 2: Source identification of biological effects at a bleached kraft pulp mill

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1847-1856

  Rickwood, Carrie J ^a   Dubé, Monique G ^a   Hewitt, L Mark ^b   Kovacs, Tibor G ^c   MacLatchy, Deborah L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleached kraft mill effluent; Endocrine disruption; Fathead minnow; Jackfish Bay

Indexed keywords

KRAFT PULP; PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

BLEACHED KRAFT MILL EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; FATHEAD MINNOW; JACKFISH BAY;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT; FISH; HORMONE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPAWNING; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; OOCYTES; PAPER; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIODIVERSITY; BLEACHING; KRAFT PULPS; PULP MILLS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TERRACE BAY;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 33750535470     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-418R.1     Document Type: Article

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