“…1c). The observed increase in K is generally consistent with results from laboratory exposures of fish to domestic wastewater in another study (Liney et al, 2005b), and is a common trend in wild fish caught downstream of municipal wastewater discharge (Bull et al, 1981;Porter and Janz, 2003;Yeom et al, 2007;Tetreault et al, 2011). The most obvious explanation for increased K in this study and in natural fish populations exposed to domestic wastewater is related to the availability of excess nutrients (Yeom et al, 2007).…”