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| Title | Lake Union Fish Histopathology Study | |||
| Month-Year Published | March 1991 | |||
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| Short Description |
Gasworks Park, a 20-acre park on the north shore of Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, is the site of a retired coal gasification plant that ran for 50 years ending in 1956. The sediments adjacent to Gasworks Park are heavily contaminated with a number of toxic compounds including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), heavy metals, and cyanide (Hileman et al., 1985; Yake et al., 1985). Fish residing in this urban area may be exposed to relatively high concentrations of PAH and heavy metals. To determine if fish exposed to these contaminations show abnormalities, liver, kidney, and gills from 157 fish were examined with histopathology methods. Blood was also examined. | |||
| Publication Number | 91-e33 | |||
| Author(s) | Landolt, M., and R. Busch | |||
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Not maintained in stock. Copy must be made from archive version.
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| Number of pages | 24 pp. | |||
| Keywords | cyanide, fish, histopathology, hydrocarbons, lake, metals, methods, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, sediment, study, urban | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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