An assessment of the potential for selenium to impair reproduction in bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, from an area of active coal mining

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-174

  Palace, Vince P ^a   Baron, Christopher ^a   Evans, Robert E ^a   Holm, Jodi ^b   Kollar, Suzanne ^a   Wautier, Kerry ^a   Werner, Jeffrey ^a   Siwik, Paula ^c   Sterling, George ^c   Johnson, Craig F ^d  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^d Alberta Conservation Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

contaminants; fish; muscle biopsy; teratogen

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043129022     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000029346.60306.34     Document Type: Article

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