Platichthys flesus

Monteiro, P.R.R., Reis-Henriques, M.A., and Coimbra, J. (2000a). Plasma steroid levels in female flounder (Platichthys flesus) after chronic dietary exposure to single polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Marine Environmental Research 49, 453 67. 

Williams, T.D., Diab, A.M., and George, S.G. (2007). Gene expression responses of European flounder (Platichthys flesus) to 17-beta estradiol. Toxicology Letters 168, 236-248. 

George S, Gubbins M, Macintosh A, Reynolds W, Sabine V, Scott A, Thain J (2004) A comparison of pollutant biomarker responses with transcriptional responses in European flounders (Platichthys flesus) subjected to estuarine pollution. Mar Environ Res 58 571-575... 

Fishes Flounder, Platichthys flesus whole Barnstaple Bay, U.K. ... 

European flounder, Platichthys flesus Seawater-adapted exposure for 42 days experimental (170 pg/L) vs. controls (3 pg/L values in mg/kg DW tissue ... 

Stagg, R.M. and T.J. Shuttleworth. 1982. The accumulation of copper in Platichthys flesus L. and its effects on plasma electrolyte concentrations. Jour. Fish Biol. 20 491-500. 

Plaice, Platichthys flesus, whole Polluted area, UK ... 

Leah, R.T., S.J. Evans, and M.S. Johnson. 1992. Mercury in flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) from estuaries and coastal waters of the north-east Irish Sea. Environ, Pollut. 75 317-322. 

Staveland, G., I. Marthinsen, G. Norheim, and K. Julshamn. 1993. Levels of environmental pollutants in flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) and cod (Gadus morhua L.) caught in the waterway of Glomma, Norway. II. Mercury and arsenic. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 24 187-193. 

Stronkhorst, J. 1992. Trends in pollutants in blue mussel Mytilus edulis and flounder Platichthys flesus from two Dutch estuaries, 1985-1990. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 24 250-258. 

European flounder, Platichthys flesus-, Norway, 1988 liver ... 

Lemaire, P., A. Matthews, L. Forlin, and D.R. Livingstone. 1994. Stimulation of oxyradical production of hepatic microsomes of flounder (Platichthys flesus) and perch (Perea fluviatilis) by model and pollutant xenobiotics. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 26 191-200. 

Solbakken, J.E., K. Ingebrigtsen, and K.H. Palmork. 1984. Comparative study on the fate of the polychlorinated biphenyl 2,4,5,2,4,5,-hexachlorobiphenyl and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon phenanthrene in flounder (Platichthys flesus), determined by liquid scintillation counting and autoradiography. Mar. Biol. 83 239-246. 

Table 1 Gross indices for general health and pollution biomarkers in flounder Platichthys flesus) measured during the estuarine fleld study in the Netherlands. 

Table 4b Summary of chemicals measured in flomidiQX Platichthys flesus liver (pooled) from the Port of Rotterdam and Port of Amsterdam sites (according De Boer et ah, 2001)... 

Allen, Y, Scott, A.P., Matthiesen, R, Haworth, S., Thain, J.E., Feist, S. (1999b). Survey of oestrogenic activity in United Kingdom waters and its effects on gonadal development of the flounder Platichthys flesus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 18 1791-1800. 

Eggens, M., Bergman, A., Vethaak, D., Van der Weiden, M., Celander, M., Boon, J.P. (1995). Cytochrome P4501A indices as biomarkers of contaminant exposure results of a field study with plaice (Pleuronectes platessd) and flounder Platichthys flesus) from the southern North Sea. Aquatic Toxicology, 32 211-225. 

Fonds, M., Cronie, R., Vethaak, A.D. and Puyl, v.d. P. (1992). Metabolism, food consumption, and growth of plaice (Pleuronectes platessd) and flounder (Platichthys flesus) in relation to fish size and temperature. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 29 127-143. 

Goksoyr, A., Beyer, J., Egaas, E., Grosvik, B.E., Hylland, K., Sandvik, M., Skaare, J.U. (1996). Biomarker responses in flounder (Platichthys flesus) and their use in pollution monitoring. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 33 1-6. 

Grinwis, G.C.M., Besselink, H.T., Van den Brandhof, E.J., Bulder, A.S., Engelsma, M.Y., Kuiper, R.V., Wester, P.W., Vaal, M.A., Vethaak, A.D., Vos, J.G. (2000). Toxicity of TCDD in European flounder (Platichthys flesus) with emphasis on histopathology and cytochrome P450 lA induction in several organ systems. Aquatic Toxicology, 50 387-401. 

Kleinkauf, A., Connor, L., Swarbeck, D., Levene, C., Walker, P, Johnson, P.J., Leali, R.T. (2004a). General condition biomarkers in relation to contaminant burden in European fiounder (Platichthys flesus). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 58 335-355. 

Kleinkauf, A., Scott, A.P., Stewart, C., Simpson, M.G., Leah, R.T. (2004b). Abnormally elevated VTG concentrations in fiounder (Platichthys flesus) flom the Mersey estuary (UK) - a continuing problem. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 58 356-364. 

Kopecka, J., Lehtonen, K.K., Barsiene, J., Broeg, K., Vuorinen, P.J., Gercken, J., Pempekowiak, J. (2006). Measurements of biomarker levels in fiounder (Platichthys flesus) and blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus) form the Gulf of Gdansk (southern Baltic). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 53 406-421. 

Lemaire, P. and Livingstone, D.R. (1997). Aromatic hydrocarbon quinone-mediated reactive oxygen species production in hepatic microsomes of the flounder Platichthys flesus L.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 117 131-139. 

Lyons, B.P, Stewart, C., Kirby, M.F. (1999). The detection of biomarkers of genotoxin exposure in the European flounder (Platichthys flesus) collected from the River Tyne estuary. Mutation Research, 446 111-119. 

Richardson, D.M., Davies, A.M, Moffat, C.F., Pollard, P., Stagg, R.M. (2001). Bihary PAH metabolites and EROD activity in flormder (Platichthys flesus) from a contaminated estuarine environment. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 3 610-615. 

Van Leeuwen, P. and Vethaak, A.D. (1988). Growth of European flounder Platichthys flesus) and common dab (irmrrmsfcr limanda) in Dutch coastal waters with reference to healthy and diseased flsh. ICES C.M./G 54. 

Vethaak, A.D., Jol, J.G. (1996). Diseases of flounder Platichthys flesus in Dutch coastal and estuarine waters, with particular reference to environmental stress factors. 1. Epizootiology of gross lesions. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 26 81-97. 

Vethaak, A.D., Jol, J.G., Eggens, M.L., Meijboom, A., ap Rheinallt, T, Wester, P.W., van de Zande, T, Bergman, A., Daiikers, N., Ariese, F., Baan, R.A., Everts, J.M., Opperhuizen, A., Marquenie, J.M. (1996). Skin and liver diseases induced in flounder Platichthys flesus) after long-term exposure to contaminated sediments in large-scale meso-cosms. Environmental Health Perspectives, 104 1218-1229. 

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