Effects of pollution and parasites on biomarkers of fish health in spottail shiners Notropis hudsonius (Clinton)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 519-538

  Thilakaratne, I D S I P ^a   McLaughlin, J D ^a   Marcogliese, D J ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combined effects; Condition index; Municipal effluents; Plagioporus sinitsini; Spleen pigmented macrophages

Indexed keywords

NEOECHINORHYNCHUS RUTILI; NOTROPIS HUDSONIUS; PLAGIOPORUS;

EID: 34547209650     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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