Assessment of the potential of the rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus) along the Atlantic coast of Canada as a species for monitoring the reproductive impacts of contaminant exposures

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 183-194

  Vallis, L ^a   MacLatchy, D L ^a   Munkittrick, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Canada; Effects monitoring; Reproductive status; Rock gunnel; Sentinel species

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; IMPURITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; FISH SPECIES; ROCK GUNNEL; SENTINEL SPECIES;

ESTUARIES;

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PHOLIS GUNNELLUS;

EID: 34247876003     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9304-8     Document Type: Article

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