Assessment of biomarkers for contaminants of emerging concern on aquatic organisms downstream of a municipal wastewater discharge

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-153

  Jasinska, Edyta J ^a   Goss, Greg G ^a   Gillis, Patricia L ^b   Van Der Kraak, Glen J ^c   Matsumoto, Jacqueline ^c   de Souza Machado, Anderson A ^d   Giacomin, Marina ^d   Moon, Thomas W ^e   Massarsky, Andrey ^e   Gagné, Francois ^b   Servos, Mark R ^f   Wilson, Joanna ^g   Sultana, Tamanna ^h   Metcalfe, Chris D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Fathead minnows; Freshwater mussels; Oxidative stress; Passive samplers; Wastewater pollution

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLLUSCS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDES; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; FATHEAD MINNOW; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; WASTEWATER POLLUTION;

RIVERS;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBAMAZEPINE; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; ESTRONE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURFACE WATER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VITELLOGENIN; FRESH WATER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; CYPRINID; DISCHARGE; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD CELL; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYSOSOME; MALE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PYGANODON GRANDIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; UNIONIDAE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; NORTH SASKATCHEWAN BASIN;

ANODONTA GRANDIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRINIDAE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PYGANODON GRANDIS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMARKERS; BIVALVIA; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRONE; FRESH WATER; HEMOCYTES; SASKATCHEWAN; UNIONIDAE; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930617405     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.080     Document Type: Article

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