Gene expression profiling and environmental contaminant assessment of migrating Pacific salmon in the Fraser River watershed of British Columbia

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-225

  Veldhoen, Nik ^a   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Dubetz, Cory ^b   MacPherson, Nancy ^c   Sampson, Tracy ^d   Kelly, Barry C ^b   Helbing, Caren C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Nlaka'pamux First Nation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental contaminant; Gene expression; Migration; MRNA; Oncorhynchus; Real time quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GENOMIC DNA; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RNA; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLUTANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RNA ISOLATION; SALMON; STRESS; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; ONCORHYNCHUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 77951938456     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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