Assessing relationships between chemical exposure, parasite infection, fish health, and fish ecological status: A case study using chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in the Bílina River, Czech Republic

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-466

  Wenger, Michael ^a   Ondračková, Markéta ^b,c   Machala, Miroslav ^d   Neča, Jiří ^d   Hyršl, Pavel ^c   Šimková, Andrea ^c   Jurajda, Pavel ^b   Von Der Ohe, Peter ^e   Segner, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Exposure biomarkers; Fish health; Multiple stressors; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; CHEMICAL EXPOSURE; CYTOCHROME P4501A; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EXPOSURE BIOMARKERS; FISH POPULATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; PARASITE INFECTION; PARASITE-; POLLUTION SOURCES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TOXIC CHEMICALS; TOXIC EFFECT; TOXIC UNIT; VITELLOGENIN;

FISH; FISHERIES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MEATS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

RIVERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; DIBENZOFURAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; FIBRINOGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CYPRINID; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PARASITE INFESTATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYPRINIDAE; ECOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; RNA, MESSENGER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BILINA RIVER; CZECH REPUBLIC; USTECKY;

LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS;

EID: 77449090892     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.57     Document Type: Article

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