Evolution of tolerance to PCBs and susceptibility to a bacterial pathogen (Vibrio harveyi) in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from New Bedford (MA, USA) harbor

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 857-864

  Nacci, Diane ^a   Huber, Marina ^a   Champlin, Denise ^a   Jayaraman, Saro ^a   Cohen, Sarah ^b   Gauger, Eric ^c   Fong, Allison ^c   Gomez Chiarri, Marta ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness costs; Genetic adaptation; Infectious disease; PCB tolerance

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ECOLOGICAL THEORIES; ESTUARINE FISHES; FITNESS COSTS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GENETIC ADAPTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECTS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MASSACHUSETTS , USA; PCB TOLERANCE; TOXIC CHEMICALS;

BACTERIOLOGY; PATHOGENS; PORTS AND HARBORS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; TOXICITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; FISH; FITNESS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PCB; SURVIVAL; TOXICOLOGY; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FUNDULIDAE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW BEDFORD HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 58249137745     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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