Effects of salinity on sublethal toxicity of atrazine to mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) larvae

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-170

  Fortin, Marie Gil ^a   Couillard, Catherine M ^b   Pellerin, Jocelyne ^a   Lebeuf, Michel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Condition; Cortisol; Fundulus heteroclitus; Larval bioassay; Salinity; Water content

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FISH; LIPIDS; OSMOSIS; PROTEINS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TOXICITY; WATER CONTENT;

CORTISOL; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LARVAL BIOASSAY; RESIDUAL MASSES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ATRAZINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ATRAZINE; BIOASSAY; BODY CONDITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; HORMONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FISH; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LARVA; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CONTENT; SALINITY; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BODY SIZE; FUNDULIDAE; HYDROCORTISONE; LARVA; SALINITY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 38849194160     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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