Changes in population, growth, and physiological indices of longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) in the Red Deer River, Alberta, Canada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-651

  Jeffries, Ken M ^a   Jackson, Leland J ^a   Peters, Lisa E ^b,c   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BODY SIZE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEALTH IMPACT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; SEX HORMONE; SEXUAL MATURITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; LIVER SIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEXUAL MATURITY; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CYPRINIDAE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; RED DEER RIVER;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CYPRINIDAE; RHINICHTHYS CATARACTAE;

EID: 53149129024     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9146-1     Document Type: Article

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