A historical perspective on the "fish tumors or other deformities" beneficial use impairment at Great Lakes Areas of Concern

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-506

  Rafferty, Sean D ^a   Blazer, Vicki S ^b   Pinkney, Alfred E ^c   Grazio, James L ^d   Obert, Eric C ^a   Boughton, Lori ^d  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Chesapeake Bay Field Office   (United States)

^d Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Areas of Concern; Brown bullhead; Liver neoplasia; Skin neoplasia; Tumors

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC LIFE; AREAS OF CONCERN; AREAS OF CONCERNS; BENEFICIAL USE; BROWN BULLHEAD; CHEMICAL MIXTURES; CONTROL SITES; COVARIATES; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENTS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOME RANGE; INCIDENCE RATE; INDICATOR SPECIES; INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSIONS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LIVER TUMORS; PAH EXPOSURE; SKIN NEOPLASIA; STRONG FIELD; SURVEY DATA;

FISH; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAKES; LIVER; MEATS; ONCOLOGY; SKIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

TUMORS;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PAH; TUMOR;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

COTTUS GOBIO;

EID: 70350761681     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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