Impact of benzyl butyl phthalate on shoaling behavior in Fundulus heteroclitus (mummichog) populations

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-75

  Kaplan, Lisa A E ^a   Nabel, Michael ^a   Van Cleef Toedt, Kathleen ^b   Proffitt, Andrew R ^a   Pylypiw Jr , Harry M ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Housatonic Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzyl butyl phthalate; Bioindicators; Coastal waters; Fish behavior; Fundulus; Mummichog; Plastics; Shoaling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; FISH BEHAVIOR; FUNDULUS; MUMMICHOGS; PHTHALATES; SHOALING;

ACETONE; BIOMARKERS; ESTERS; PLASTICS;

FISH;

ACETONE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOINDICATOR; BODY SIZE; COASTAL WATER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGITATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SHOALING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FUNDULIDAE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 84876118922     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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