Accumulation and effects of nickel and thallium in early-life stages of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Lapointe, Dominique ^a   Couture, Patrice ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Fish; Nickel; Nucleoside diphosphate kinase; Pimephales promelas; Routine metabolic rate; Thallium; Time to hatch

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICKEL; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; THALLIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CYPRINID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; NICKEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; THALLIUM; TOXICITY;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIETARY INTAKE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LARVAL STAGE; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICKEL; NUCLEOSIDE-DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; THALLIUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 77951652311     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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