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Robinson (1994); Kovacs et al. (1996) Borton et al. (2000a) Parrott et al. (2000a, 2003) Martel and Kovacs (1997) Mattson et al. (2001a) Tremblay and Van Der Kraak (1999) Fatima et al. (2001) Ahmad et al. (1998) D’Surney et al. (2000) Felder et al. (1998) Wilson et al. (2001) McCarthy et al. (2003); Parrott et al. (2000c) Denslow et al. (2000) Lappivaara (2001) Mellanen et al. (1999) Soimasuo et al. (1998b)

Refs.

Mill Type
Bleached kraft Bleached kraft Bleached sulphite Various Bleached kraft Bleached kraft Paper mill Paper mill Bleached kraft Unbleached kraft Bleached kraft Various Bleached kraft Bleached kraft Various Bleached kraft

Duration ≤180 days ≤200 days 90–120 days 4 days 4.5 months 21 days 15–90 days 90 days 56 days 30 days 28 days ≤20 days 7 days 3–6 weeks — 30 days

Summary of Laboratory Studies of Pulp Mill Effluent Effects on Fish
Endpoints Physiological, biochemical, growth Vitellogenin, steroids, MFOs
Growth, reproduction MFO induction Immune endpoints Hematology Hematology Organ size and biochemical MFO, DNA adducts Sex steroids Messenger RNA Stress responses Vitellogenin gene Physiological parameters

Pimephales promelas Oncorhynchus mykiss Channa punctatus Heteropneustes fossilis Lepomis macrochirus Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Carassius auratus Micropterus salmoides Coregonus lavaretus

Species Exposure to Whole Mill Effluent or Process Streams

TABLE 24.2 Fathead minnow Rainbow trout Spotted murrel Stinging catfish Bluegill sunfish Chinook salmon Goldfish Largemouth bass European whitefish