The spring runoff in nebraska's (USA) Elkhorn River watershed and its impact on two sentinel organisms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1544-1551

  Knight, Lindsey A ^a   Christenson, Matthew K ^a   Trease, Andrew J ^a   Davis, Paul H ^a,b   Kolok, Alan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Fathead minnow; Gene expression; Northern leopard frog; Polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS)

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FATHEAD MINNOW; NORTHERN LEOPARD FROGS; PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POLAR ORGANIC CHEMICAL INTEGRATIVE SAMPLER (POCIS); QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBICIDES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGY;

ATRAZINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; VITELLOGENIN;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANA PIPIENS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SPRING; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

AGROCHEMICALS; ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NEBRASKA; RIVERS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ELKHORN RIVER; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANURA; CYPRINIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 84878677751     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2220     Document Type: Article

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