Reproductive success and behavior of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to 4-tert-octylphenol

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2587-2594

  Gray, Michelle A ^a,c   Teather, Kevin L ^b   Metcalfe, Chris D ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Estrogen; Medaka; Octylphenol; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

FISH; PHENOL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION; FERTILIZATION; FISH; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0032692596     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620181128     Document Type: Article

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