Reproductive health of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from a biological mercury hotspot in Nova Scotia, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 319-327

  Batchelar, Katharina L ^a   Kidd, Karen A ^a   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^a   Drevnick, Paul E ^b   Burgess, Neil M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germ cell development; Gonadosomatic index; Methylmercury; Reproduction; Sex steroids; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

GERM CELLS; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; METHYL MERCURY; REPRODUCTION; SEX STEROIDS; YELLOW PERCH;

CELLS; FISH; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE;

HEALTH;

ESTRADIOL; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; LABORATORY METHOD; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL MATURATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERM CELL; LAKE; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTION; YELLOW PERCH;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LAKES; LIVER; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOVA SCOTIA; OOCYTES; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PERCHES; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PISCES;

EID: 84875801070     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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