Unexplained gonad alterations in whitefish (Coregonus spp.) from Lake Thun, Switzerland: Levels of persistent organic pollutants in different morphs

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 434-440

  Bogdal, Christian ^a,d   Naef, Michael ^a   Schmid, Peter ^a   Kohler, Martin ^b   Zennegg, Markus ^a   Bernet, Daniel ^c   Scheringer, Martin ^d   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b State Food Law Enforcement Authority   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Dioxins; Exposure; Fish; Gonads; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FISH; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; LAKES; MEATS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DIOXINS; EXPOSURE; GONADS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; GROWTH RATE; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SALMONID; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EATING; FRESH WATER; GONADS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONIDAE; SWITZERLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; THUNERSEE;

COREGONUS;

EID: 57949112446     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.058     Document Type: Article

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