Structural changes in gill DNA reveal the effects of contaminants on Puget Sound fish. From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Anderson, Jack W.; Anderson, Katie M.; Gold, Jordan; Johnson, Paul M.; Malins, Donald C.; Stegeman, John J. | COPYRIGHT 2004 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Structural differences were identified in gill DNA from two groups of English sole collected from Puget Sound, Washington, in October 2000. One group was from the industrialized Duwamish River (DR) in Seattle and the other from relatively clean Quartermaster Harbor (QMH). Chemical markers of sediment contamination [e.g., polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)] established that the DR was substantially more contaminated than QMH. The levels of ...

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