Application of an Effects‐Based Monitoring Strategy to Assess the Impact of Contaminants on Fish Health in an Urbanized Watershed

• Published in: Environmental toxicology and chemistry Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 402 - 412
• Main Authors: Mehinto, Alvine C., Schoenfuss, Heiko L., Wenger, Ellie, Diehl, Dario, Bay, Steven M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2021
• Subjects: 17β-Estradiol; Analytical chemistry; Aquatic organisms; Aquatic toxicology; Bioassays; Biocompatibility; Biomarkers; Biota; California; Chemical contaminants; chemical pollutants; Chemical pollution; Contaminants; Control equipment; cytochrome P-450; Cytochrome P450; Cytochromes P450; Design of experiments; Detection limits; Dioxins; ecotoxicology; Effects‐based monitoring; estradiol; Estrogenic activity; Estrone; Experimental design; Exposure; Fish; fish health; genes; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; In vivo methods and tests; males; Metal concentrations; Metallothionein; Metals; Progestin; Reclamation; river water; Rivers; Sex hormones; streams; Sublethal effects; surface water; Toxicity; urbanization; Vitellogenin; Water analysis; Water purification; Water reclamation; water reuse; Water sampling; watersheds; Xenoestrogens; United States > US; California; Contaminants; Aquatic toxicology; Effects-based monitoring

Effects‐based monitoring frameworks that combine the use of analytical chemistry with in vitro cell bioassays, as well as in vivo whole organism tests offer an integrative approach to broadly screen for chemical contaminants and link their presence with adverse effects on aquatic organisms. Californ...