A long-term copper exposure on freshwater ecosystem using lotic mesocosms: Individual and population responses of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-280

  Roussel, Hélène ^a,b   Joachim, Sandrine ^a   Lamothe, Sylvain ^a   Palluel, Olivier ^a   Gauthier, Laury ^b   Bonzom, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Copper; Experimental channel; Organosomatic index; Size frequency; Sticklebacks

Indexed keywords

COPPER; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; HABITAT; HEALTH; HEPATOSOMATIC INDEX; JUVENILE; LIVER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MESOCOSM; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX; SPLEENOSOMATIC INDEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STICKLEBACK; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; COPPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LIVER; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 34247165777     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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