DNA damage and external lesions in brown bullheads (Ameiurus nebulosus) from contaminated habitats

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3035-3038

  Yang, Xuan ^a   Meier, John ^b   Chang, Lina ^b   Rowan, Michael ^c   Baumann, Paul C ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Cuyahoga Community College   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Brown bullheads; Comet assay; DNA damage; External lesions

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; GENES; OCEAN HABITATS;

BROWN BULLHEADS; COMET ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTES; EXTERNAL LESIONS;

DNA;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ASSAY; DNA; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; HABITAT; LESION; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; ICTALURIDAE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASHTABULA RIVER; ASHUMET POND; CONNEAUT CREEK; CUYAHOGA RIVER; GREAT HERRING POND; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; OLD WOMAN CREEK; UNITED STATES;

AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; ELOPS HAWAIENSIS;

EID: 33846155570     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-706R.1     Document Type: Article

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