Ecological risk assessments (ERAs) of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs), as single
congeners or in mixtures, present technical challenges that raise concerns about their …

1) Production, transport and historical spills in Canada, 2) Physical and chemical properties
relevant to aquatic toxicity and, 3) Lethal and sublethal effects on fish and other aquatic …

Biological markers (biomarkers) sensitive to genotoxic and mutagenic contamination in
fishes are widely used to identify exposure effects in aquatic environments. The …

The white sucker Catostomus commersonii is a freshwater teleost often utilized as a resident
sentinel. Here, we sequenced the full genome of a hepatitis B-like virus that infects white …

The prevalence and histopathology of neoplastic lesions were assessed in white sucker
Catostomus commersonii captured at two Lake Michigan Areas of Concern (AOC s), the …

White perch Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789) from the Chesapeake Bay (USA) watershed
have a high incidence of liver disease, including neoplasms of bile duct origin. Fish …

Adverse effects resulting from potential exposure of wild fishes to estrogenic endocrine
disruptors were assessed at seven United States Great Lakes Areas of Concern using …

The use of fish as sentinels of aquatic ecosystem health is a biologically relevant approach
to environmental monitoring and assessment. We examined the health of the Ashtabula …

Over recent decades, the South Branch Potomac River, West Virginia, has experienced fish
kills and episodes of suppressed health in adult fish that have spanned small stretches to …

Environmental studies increasingly identify the presence of both contaminants of emerging
concern (CECs) and legacy contaminants in aquatic environments; however, the biological …