Adverse metabolic effects in fish exposed to contaminants of emerging concern in the field and laboratory.

ABSTRACT: Several metabolic parameters were assessed in juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) residing in two estuaries receiving wastewater treatment effluent and one reference estuary. We also conducted a laboratory study with fish dosed for 32 days with 16 of the most common contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) detected in feral fish. Several blood chemistry parameters and other indicators of health were measured in fish from the field and laboratory study that were used to assess potential metabolic disruption. The blood chemistry values observed in feral juvenile Chinook salmon were relatively consistent among fish collected from effluent-impacted sites and substantially different compared to reference site fish. These responses were mo

SUBMITTER: Meador JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5858870 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature