Pike Esox lucius

Vine, E., Shears, J., and van Aerie, R. et al. (2005). Endocrine (sexual) disruption is not a prominent feature in the pike (Esox lucius), a top predator, living in English waters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24, 1436-1443. 

Lockhart WL, Uthe JF, Kenney AR, Mehrle PM. 1972. Methylmercury in northern pike Esox lucius). distribution, elimination, and some biochemical characteristics of contaminated fish. J Fish Res Board Can 29 1519-1523. 

Burreau S, Broman D, Om U (2000) Tissue distribution of 2, 2,4,4-tetrabromo[14 Cjdiphenyl ether([ 14 C]-PBDE 47) in pike (Esox lucius) after dietary exposure a time series study using whole body autoradiography. Chemosphere 40 977-985... 

Northern pike (Esox lucius), an esocidae species, is considered one of the most widely distributed freshwater fish [57]. It is a piscivorous species, consisting its diet on common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and roach Rutilus rutilus). Nevertheless, in the absence of prey fish, invertebrate feeding could be important for this species [58, 59]. 

Paradis Y, Bertolo A, Magnan P (2008) What do the empty stomachs of northern pike (Esox lucius) reveal Insights from carbon (delta C-13) and nitrogen (delta N-15) stable isotopes. Environ Biol Fishes 83 441—448... 

Northern pike, Esox lucius] 34.9-104.4 pg/L MATCb at 45 mg CaC03/L 1 ... 

Northern pike, Esox lucius Water hardness 34 mg CaC03/L, MATC 5... 

Largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides 0.35-0.85 DW, Max. 1.9 DW Canada, Waibigoon River system, Ontario, mercury-contaminated between 1962 and 1969, samples collected 1979-81 Northern pike, Esox lucius, whole 80... 

Stomach contents, 3 species Northern pike, Esox lucius-, muscle 0.01-0.04 FW, Max. 0.11 FW 82... 

Rask, M. and T.R. Metsala. 1991. Mercury concentrations in northern pike, Esox lucius L., in small lakes of Evo area, southern Finland. Water Air Soil Pollut. 56 369-378. 

Wren, C.D., W.A. Scheider, D.L. Wales, B.W. Muncaster, and I.M. Gray. 1991. Relation between mercury concentrations in walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in Ontario lakes and influence of environmental factors. Canad. Jour. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 48 132-139. 

Northern pike, Esox lucius muscle Canada... 

Moilanen, R., H. Pyysalo, K. Wickstrom, and R. Linko. 1982. Time trends of chlordane, DDT, and PCB concentrations in pike (Esox lucius) and Baltic herring (Clupea harengus) in the Turku archipelago, northern Baltic Sea for the period 1971-1982. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 29 334-340. 

Northern pike, Esox lucius-, 1800 vs. 1190 Zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio 2000 vs. 424 Single intraperitoneal injection of 2,3,7,8-TCDD 3-5 pg/kg BW... 

Helder, T. 1980. Effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on early life stages of the pike (Esox lucius L.). Sci. Total Environ. 14 255-264. 

Larsson, P., L. Okla, and L. Collvin. 1993. Reproductive status and lipid content as factors in PCB, DDT, and HCH contamination of a population of pike (Esox lucius L.). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12 855-861. 

Balk, L., J. Meijer, J.W. DePierre, and L.E. Appelgren. 1984. The uptake and distribution of (3H) benzo[a]pyrene in the northern pike (Esox lucius). Examination by whole-body autoradiography and scintillation counting. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 74 430-449. 

Lake Paijanne (estimated 137Cs Chernobyl loading of 20,000 Bq/m2) 137Cs whole fish three species (northern pike, Esox lucius] yellow perch, Perea flavescens roach, Rutilus rutilus) 1986 pre-Chernobyl vs. post-Chernobyl 580 FW vs. 1250 FW 6... 

In minnows, taste is not sufficient for predator recognition. Anosmic fathead minnows, P. pmmelas, did not show the flight reaction to the odor of northern pike, Esox lucius (Chivers and Smith, 1993). Naive European minnows, Phoxinus phoxinus, do not exhibit a fright reaction when first exposed to a predator odor, such as that of pike, E. lucius. They develop a conditioned fright response only after experiencing the predator odor in dangerous circumstances, such as when accompanied by schreckstoff (alarm pheromone) of conspecifics. Responses to the odor of non-piscivorous fishes such as tilapia, Tilapia mariae, can also be conditioned in this fashion but the responses are much weaker (Magurran, 1989). 

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