The effect of seafood processing plant effluent on sentinel fish species in coastal waters of the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 172-183

  Thériault, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Courtenay, Simon C ^a,b,c   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^c   Chiasson, Alyre G ^b  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enrichment effects; Seafood processing plant effluent; Sentinel species

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FISH; FISHERIES; MEATS; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ENRICHMENT EFFECTS; FISH POPULATIONS; LOCAL REFERENCES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; PROCESSING PLANTS; SEAFOOD PROCESSING; SEAFOOD PROCESSING PLANT EFFLUENT; SENTINEL SPECIES;

EFFLUENTS;

COASTAL WATER; EFFLUENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PROCESSING; TOXICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MENIDIA; MENIDIA MENIDIA;

EID: 49049100254     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2007.021     Document Type: Article

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