Effects-based assessment in a tropical coastal system: Status of bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus) on the north shore of Cuba

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-471

  Aguilar, Consuelo ^a   González Sansón, Gaspar ^a   Hernández, Ivet ^a   MacLatchy, Deborah L ^b   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atresia; Cuba; Effects based assessment protocol; Morphological indicators; Reproductive status; Stegastes partitus

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BODY SIZE; COASTAL ZONE; COLOR; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HARBOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COASTAL WATERS; CUBA; DAMSELFISH; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; RIVER; TROPICS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CITIES; CUBA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; OOCYTES; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ALMENDARES RIVER; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIUDAD DE LA HABANA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; HAVANA;

PISCES; STEGASTES PARTITUS;

EID: 34249791472     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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