On-site exposure to treated wastewater effluent has subtle effects on male fathead minnows and pronounced effects on carp

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 358-375

  Minarik, Thomas A ^a   Vick, Justin A ^a   Schultz, Melissa M ^b   Bartell, Stephen E ^c,d   Martinovic Weigelt, Dalma ^e   Rearick, Daniel C ^d   Schoenfuss, Heiko L ^d  

^a Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

^c Normandale Community College   (United States)

^d ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Fish; Point source pollution; Toxicology; Treated wastewater effluent; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY; TREATED WASTEWATER; URBAN AREAS; WATER RECLAMATION PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STEROID; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84897405946     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12167     Document Type: Article

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