Stressor identification and health assessment of fish exposed to wastewater effluents in Miho Stream, South Korea

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2282-2292

  Yeom, Dong Hyuk ^a   Lee, Soon Ae ^a   Kang, Gi Soo ^b   Seo, Jinwon ^c   Lee, Sung Kyu ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Toxicology   (South Korea)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fish health; Multi response bioindicator; Stressor identification; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; FISH; TOXICITY;

FISH HEALTH; MULTI-RESPONSE BIOINDICATOR; STRESSOR IDENTIFICATION; WASTEWATER EFFLUENT;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMMONIA; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TOXICITY;

AMMONIA; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONDITION FACTOR; CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STREAMWATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; FISH; GROUPS BY AGE; HABITAT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SOUTH KOREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; MIHO STREAM; NORTH CH'UNGCH'ONG; SOUTH KOREA;

LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; ZACCO PLATYPUS;

EID: 33947310099     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.09.071     Document Type: Article

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