Dietary exposure of mink (Mustela vison) to fish from the upper Hudson river, New York, USA: Effects on reproduction and offspring growth and mortality

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 780-793

  Bursian, Steven J ^a   Kern, John ^b   Remington, Richard E ^b   Link, Jane E ^a   Fitzgerald, Scott D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KERN Statistical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Hudson River; Mink; Mortality; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HEPATIC CONCENTRATIONS; HUDSON RIVER; MINK; MORTALITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

FISH; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; TISSUE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; MINK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PISCICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LIVER; MALE; MINK; MORTALITY; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HUDSON RIVER; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 84875518512     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2110     Document Type: Article

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