Evolutionary ecotoxicology of wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens) populations chronically exposed to a polymetallic gradient

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-90

  Bourret, Vincent ^a,b   Couture, Patrice ^a   Campbell, Peter G C ^a   Bernatchez, Louis ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Evolutionary ecotoxicology; Lakes; Metal contamination; Population genetics; Wild fish; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; METAL DERIVATIVE;

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATED LAND; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE POLLUTION; MINING; PERCID; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RELATEDNESS; SELECTION; SMELTING; SYMPATRY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; YELLOW PERCH;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIVER; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ONTARIO; PERCHES; QUEBEC; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; ROUYN-NORANDA; SUDBURY;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 38149024125     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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