Mucus phosphoproteins as an indirect measure of endocrine disruption in native small-bodied freshwater fish, exposed to wastewater treatment plant and pulp and paper mill effluents

Mucus phosphoproteins as an indirect measure of endocrine disruption in native small-bodied freshwater fish, exposed to wastewater treatment plant and pulp and paper mill effluents

Environmental monitoring programs commonly use fish to study the health of aquatic systems. Nevertheless, lethal sampling techniques are often employed, resulting in ethical considerations. This issue is magnified in Chilean rivers, which contain various endemic fish with conservational concern, ac...

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Main Authors: Paulina Bahamonde, Camila Berrocal, Ricardo Barra, Mark E. McMaster, Kelly R. Munkittrick, Gustavo Chiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Concepción 2019-06-01
Series:Gayana
Subjects:
endocrine disruption
native fish
non lethal sampling
vitellogenin
mucus
Online Access:https://gayana.cl/index.php/gn/article/view/8

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