Bioenergetics and growth of young-of the-year northern pike (Esox lucius) and burbot (Lota lota) exposed to metal mining effluent

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Bennett, Pamela M ^a   Janz, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burbot; Lipids; Northern pike; Overwinter survival; RNA DNA ratio; Triglycerides; Uranium milling effluent; Winter stress syndrome; Young of the year

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOENERGETICS; EEL; EFFLUENT; FAT RESERVE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIPID; METAL; MINE WASTE; MUSCLE; OVERWINTERING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RNA-DNA RATIO; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOENERGY; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESOX LUCIUS; FISH; LOTA LOTA; MINING; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TAIGA; WINTER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DNA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOCIDAE; GADIFORMES; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MINING; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RNA; SEASONS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ESOX LUCIUS; LOTA; LOTA LOTA; PISCES;

EID: 34447535537     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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