Assessment of fish health status in the Pechora River: Effects of contamination

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-365

  Lukin, A ^a   Sharova, J ^b   Belicheva, L ^b   Camus, L ^c  

^a Akvaplan niva Barents   (Russian Federation)

^b NORTHERN WATER PROBLEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Gill; Liver and kidney histopathology; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PETROLEUM;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LESION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; GILL; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GILLS; KIDNEY; LIVER; RIVERS; SALMONIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PECHORA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79951950794     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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