Assessment of the health of the Swan-Canning River System using Biochemical Markers of Exposure in Fish - Summary

这项研究的重点是华盛顿州天鹅-坎宁河水系的河口部分，使用依赖河口的鱼类--黑鳍金枪鱼作为生物监测工具。在本研究开始之前，已确定在实验室条件下使用混合功能加氧酶(MFO)活性诱导时，黑鱼是一种适合用作生物监测工具的鱼种。2000年至2002年期间从河口采集的8个地点的野生黑鱼的活组织检查证实，在该物种中使用MFO诱导作为暴露于有机污染物的生物标志物是一个可靠的生物标志物。

The study focussed on the estuarine portion of the Swan-Canning River system, WA using the black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri), an estuarine dependent fish species, as a biomonitoring tool. Prior to the commencement of this study it had been determined that the black bream was a suitable fish species for use as a biomonitoring tool when using mixed function oxygenase (MFO) activity induction under laboratory conditions. Biopsies taken from feral black bream collected from eight sites during the period 2000 to 2002 from the estuary confirmed that the use of MFO induction in this fish species as a biomarker of exposure to organic contaminants is a reliable biomarker.