Effects of exposure to municipal wastewater in situ on the reproductive physiology of the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2001-2012

  Nichols, Krista M ^a   Miles Richardson, Stephanie R ^b   Snyder, Erin M ^a,c   Giesy, John P ^a,c,d  

^a Department of Fisheries and Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Inst Environ Toxicol Michigan S   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Hormones; Reproduction; Vitellogenin; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EFFLUENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIFORMES; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032780159     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<2001:EOETMW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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