Monitoring aquatic environments receiving industrial effluents using small fish species 1: Response of spoonhead sculpin (Cottus ricei) downstream of a bleached‐kraft pulp mill

Abstract Larger fish species may not always be suitable for monitoring the response to industrial effluents because they are mobile and capable of extensive movement beyond effluent exposure areas. Spoonhead sculpin (Cottus ricei) was collected upstream and downstream of a large bleached-kraft pulp mill on the Athabasca River, Alberta, Canada, during fall and spring periods to determine whether small, sedentary fish species demonstrate …