Evaluation of long-term biomarker data from perch (Perca fluviatilis) in the Baltic Sea suggests increasing exposure to environmental pollutants

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 364-373

  Hanson, Niklas ^a   Förlin, Lars ^a   Larsson, Ake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Environmental monitoring; Ethoxyresorufin O deethylase; Gonadosomatic index; Perch

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEAS; COASTAL AREAS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; EARLY WARNINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EROD ACTIVITIES; ETHOXYRESORUFIN-O-DEETHYLASE; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; LIFE-TIME; MEAN AGES; MEAN FLOWS; MOST PROBABLE EXPLANATIONS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCH; REFERENCE SITES; TIME TRENDS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; RUNOFF;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKER; FEMALE; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PERCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SWEDEN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY SIZE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GONADS; ORGAN SIZE; PERCHES; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC COAST [SWEDEN]; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF BOTHNIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 61349193772     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-259.1     Document Type: Article

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