Effects of environmental mercury on gonadal function in Lake Champlain Northern Pike (Esox lucius)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 486-492

  Friedmann, A S ^a,c   Watzin, M C ^b   Leiter, J C ^a   Brinck Johnsen, T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; GONAD FUNCTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GONADOTROPINS; GONADS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; MERCURY; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS;

ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 0030066736     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900070     Document Type: Article

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