Linking mechanistic toxicology to population models in forecasting recovery from chemical stress: A case study from Jackfish Bay, Ontario, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1623-1633

  Miller, David H ^a   Tietge, Joseph E ^a   Mcmaster, Mark E ^b   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^c   Xia, Xiangsheng ^d   Griesmer, David A ^d   Ankley, Gerald T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcome pathway; Population model; Pulp mill effluent; White sucker

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FISH; LAKES; RECOVERY; STATISTICS;

ADVERSE OUTCOMES; IMMIGRATION PROCESS; LONG-TERM MONITORING DATUM; POPULATION MODEL; PULP MILL EFFLUENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; WHITE SUCKER; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; CARRYING CAPACITY; COST ANALYSIS; CYPRINID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EFFLUENT; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; IMMIGRATION; LANDSCAPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION MODELING; TOXICOLOGY; WILD POPULATION;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BAY; BREEDING; CANADA; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CHEMICAL STRESS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FISH; FORECASTING; LIFE TABLE METHOD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RECOVERY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYPRINIFORMES; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; JACKFISH BAY; LAKE SUPERIOR; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI;

TESTOSTERONE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BAYS; CYPRINIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERTILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONTARIO; TESTOSTERONE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84933182525     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2972     Document Type: Article

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