Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Comparing Biological Responses to Contaminants in Darters (Etheostoma spp.) Collected from Rural and Urban Regions of the Grand River Watershed, Ontario

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Diamond, Sam Richard John, Thesis advisor (ths): Metcalfe, Chris D, Degree committee member (dgc): Burness, Gary, Degree committee member (dgc): Servos, Mark R, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Urban and agricultural activities may introduce chemical stressors, including contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and current use pesticides (CUPs) into riverine systems. The objective of this study was to determine if fish collected from sites in a river show biomarkers of exposure to these classes of contaminants, and if the biomarker patterns vary in fish collected from urbanized… more