The effect of maternal exposure to contaminated sediment on the growth and condition of larval Fundulus heteroclitus

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-250

  Nye, Janet A ^a   Davis, Dawn D ^b   Miller, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Northeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Egg volume; Fish early life history; Growth; Maternal effects; PAH; RNA:DNA ratios

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVA; MATERNAL EFFECT; MATERNAL HEALTH; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DNA; FEMALE; FUNDULIDAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OVUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; RNA; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ELIZABETH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 34247126511     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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