Long-term and acute effects of zinc contamination of a stream on fish mortality and physiology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-295

  Giardina, Andrea ^a   Larson, Sandra F ^a   Wisner, Brian ^b   Wheeler, John ^a   Chao, Matthew ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Heavy metal; Pollution persistence; Tissue accumulation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED STREAMS; CONTAMINATED WATERS; FISH TISSUES; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; IN-VITRO; MORTALITY RATES; REFERENCE SITES; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPERM MOTILITIES; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS; TISSUE ACCUMULATION; WATER SAMPLES; ZINC CONCENTRATIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; MEATS; MUSCLE; RIVERS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALMONID; STREAM; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROWN TROUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GILL; GONAD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LIVER; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPILLAGE; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ENOREE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 61349103675     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-461.1     Document Type: Article

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