Journal article
The Effect of Seafood Processing Plant Effluent on Sentinel Fish Species in Coastal Waters of the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick
Abstract
Abstract
This study evaluated effects of effluents discharged by seafood processing plants on populations of fish living in shallow estuarine waters of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. To monitor potential nutrient and/or toxicity impacts on fish populations living and possibly feeding in the effluent, we measured indices of survival (age), growth (weight-at-age), reproduction (gonad weight), and energy storage (liver …
Authors
Thériault M-H; Courtenay SC; Munkittrick KR; Chiasson AG
Journal
Water Quality Research Journal, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 172–183
Publisher
IWA Publishing
Publication Date
August 1, 2007
DOI
10.2166/wqrj.2007.021
ISSN
1201-3080