Physiological health of common bully (Gobiomorphus cotidianus) in the Tarawera and Rangitaiki Rivers of New Zealand: Evidence of diminished ecological effects of pulp and paper effluents in wild fish populations

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-233

  Landman, Michael J ^a,d   Bleackley, Natalie A ^a,b   Ling, Nicholas ^b   ven derHeuvel, Michael R ^c  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d Norske Skog   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fish; Gobiomorphus cotidianus; New Zealand; Pulp and paper effects; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; FISH; FISHERIES; PAPER; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVERS;

CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ETHOXYRESORUFIN-O-DEETHYLASE; GOBIOMORPHUS COTIDIANUS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PULP AND PAPER; PULP AND PAPER EFFLUENTS; REPRODUCTION;

PULP;

ABNORMALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MESOCOSM; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; STEROID; TOXICITY; WILD POPULATION;

ECOLOGY; FISHES; NEW ZEALAND; PAPER MILLS; PHYSIOLOGY; PULP MILLS; PULPS; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS;

BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; RANGITAIKI RIVER; TARAWERA RIVER;

GOBIOMORPHUS COTIDIANUS; PHILYPNODON;

EID: 78751502384     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2010.025     Document Type: Article

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