Reproductive and histopathological effects in wild fish inhabiting an effluent-dominated stream, Wascana Creek, SK, Canada

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-161

  Tetreault, Gerald R ^a,b   Bennett, C James ^a   Cheng, Carl ^b   Servos, Mark R ^a   McMaster, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish responses; Histopathology; Reproductive impairment; Sewage

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

EFFLUENT; FISH; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPAWNING POPULATION; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOWMAN CAPSULE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; GILL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; STREAM (RIVER); SURVIVAL RATE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GILLS; GONADS; KIDNEY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SASKATCHEWAN; SEASONS; SEWAGE; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA;

COTTUNCULIDAE; CULAEA; CULAEA INCONSTANS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 84856471237     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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