The stress response of three-spined sticklebacks is modified in proportion to effluent exposure downstream of wastewater treatment works

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 382-392

  Pottinger, Tom G ^a   Henrys, Peter A ^a   Williams, Richard J ^a   Matthiessen, Peter ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Old School House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endocrine disruption; Glucose; Stickleback; Stress; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FISH; GLUCOSE; RIVER FLOW; SIZE STRUCTURE; WASTEWATER;

ADAPTIVE STRESS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FEMALE; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROCORTISONE; RIVERS; SMEGMAMORPHA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84871821757     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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