Response of hepatic mfo activity and plasma sex steroids to secondary treatment of bleached kraft pulp mill effluent and mill shutdown

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Munkttrick, K. R. M., Van Der Kraak, G. J., McMaster, M. E., Portt, C. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1992
• Subjects: Bay Lake; Canada; Jackfish; Jackfish Bay; Catostomus catostomus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620111008; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.5620111008; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.5620111008

Abstract The discharge of bleached kraft mill effluent (BKME) into Jackfish Bay, Lake Superior, Canada, has been associated with a number of changes in the physiology and whole organism responses of four fish species. Current studies have been following physiological indicators of BKME impact for ev...