Effects of pollution on chub in the River Elbe, Czech Republic

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 737-746

  Randak, T ^a   Zlabek, V ^a,b   Pulkrabova, J ^c   Kolarova, J ^a   Kroupova, H ^a   Siroka, Z ^d   Velisek, J ^a   Svobodova, Z ^a,d   Hajslova, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Alkylphenols; Biomarker; EROD; Intersex; Leuciscus cephalus; Mercury; POPs; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORPHENOTANE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MERCURY; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CYPRINID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTERSEX; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; PHENOL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTEIN; RIVER POLLUTION; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHUB; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FRESHWATER FISH; GONAD; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYPRINIDAE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RIVERS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS;

EID: 59149105695     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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