Altered reproduction in fish exposed to pulp and paper mill effluents: Roles of individual compounds and mill operating conditions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 682-697

  Hewitt, L Mark ^a   Kovacs, Tibor G ^b   Dubé, Monique G ^c   MacLatchy, Deborah L ^d   Martel, Pierre H ^b   McMaster, Mark E ^a   Paice, Michael G ^b   Parrott, Joanne L ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Michael R ^e   Van Der Kraak, Glen J ^f  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotreatment; Endocrine disruption; Fish reproduction; Pulp paper mill effluents

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CHLORINE; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PROTEINS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; FISH REPRODUCTION;

FISH;

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ABIETIC ACID; CHLORINE; ESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; PHYTOSTEROL; SEX HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; SITOSTEROL; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR; STIGMASTEROL; TESTOSTERONE;

EGG PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REPRODUCTION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STEROID;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; EFFLUENT; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHLORINE; FISHES; PAPER MILLS; PROTEINS;

EID: 40949144490     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-195.1     Document Type: Review

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