Responses of white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) to 20 years of process and waste treatment changes at a bleached kraft pulp mill, and to mill shutdown

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-132

  Bowron, L K ^a   Munkittrick, K R ^a   McMaster, M E ^b   Tetreault, G ^b   Hewitt, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish reproduction; Mill closure; Process change; Pulp mill effluent; Recovery; White sucker

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; CHLORINE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

BLEACHING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EFFLUENT; FISH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRESHWATER FISH; GONAD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIVER SIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PULP MILL; PULP PROCESSING; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CHLORINE; CYPRINIFORMES; GONADS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGNIN; LIVER; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI;

EID: 71149092281     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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