Field studies using fish biomarkers - How many fish are enough?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2871-2876

  Gagnon, M M ^a   Hodson, P V ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biliary metabolites; CF; EROD; Fish biomarkers; GSI; LSI; Sample size; Statistical significance; Variability

Indexed keywords

EROD; FISH-BIOMARKERS; GSI; LSI; SAMPLE SIZES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIABILITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CALIFORNIUM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METABOLITES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SAMPLING;

FISH;

7 ETHOXYCOUMARIN DEETHYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; METABOLITE; OPTIMIZATION; PAH; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; FISH; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES YOKOHAMAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEBASTES SCHLEGELI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREAM (RIVER);

7-ALKOXYCOUMARIN O-DEALKYLASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; L-IDITOL 2-DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84870245693     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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