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Reproductive and early life stage effects of bioaccumulative contaminants: PCBs and mercury
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Reproductive and early life stage effects of bioaccumulative contaminants: PCBs and mercury
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Matta, Mary Baker
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Theses--Fisheries
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This research determined the potential for mercury or PCBs to disrupt reproduction and sexual development in fish. Fundulus heteroclitus , and two species of trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss and O. clarki clarki) were exposed to mercury and/or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) via contaminated food, immersion in solutions, or exposure to whole sediment or sediment extracts. Endpoints included survival, growth, fecundity, fertilization success, hatch success, larval survival, sex ratios, and the...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1999 |
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2009-10-05T23:02:41Z
2009-10-05T23:02:41Z 1999 |
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Thesis
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ix, 151 p.
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b43902728
43982281 Thesis 48673 http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5274 |
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en_US
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