Fish Toxicology

Freshwater and marine systems are the ultimate sinks of both natural and anthropogenic inputs of contaminants into the environment and evidence suggests that releases of toxic substances have had dramatic impacts on fish and fisheries via direct and indirect mechanisms. Research into both the fate and effects of xenobiotics on fish and fish populations has made great advances in recent years. This symposium proposes to bring together experts in various aspects of piscine toxicology to highlight and communicate recent research findings in this important area. This symposium will be comprehensive in nature and will examine this topic at several levels of biological organization from the molecular to the ecosystem level. As well, it is the goal of this section to emphasize several key environmental pollutants such as endocrine disrupters, immunomodulators, and reproductive toxicants, although there will also be considerable focus on papers discussing specific classes of contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, pesticides etc. It is also the goal of this symposium to emphasize new endeavors in the understanding of the relationship between fish and their chemical environment, for example in the areas of bioenergetics, adaptation and evolution.

• Dr. Christopher J. Kennedy, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C, V5A 1S6.

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