The impacts of urban pollution on the immune system of spottail shiners (Notropis hudsonius) in the St. Lawrence River

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1369-1374

  Ménard, Lucie ^a   Escarné, Regina ^a   Marcogliese, David J ^b   Cyr, Daniel ^a   Fournier, Michel ^a   Gagné, Francois ^b  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fecal coliforms; Phagocytosis; Sewage effluent; Spottail shiners

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CORRELATION; CYPRINID; FECAL COLIFORM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; URBAN POLLUTION;

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOTROPIS HUDSONIUS;

EID: 77955372993     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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