Morphological masculinization in poeciliid females from a paper mill effluent receiving tributary of the St. Johns River, Florida, USA

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-156

  Bortone, S A ^b   Cody, R P ^a  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGICAL MASCULINIZATION; MOSQUITOFISHES; POECILIID FISHES;

EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GENITALIA, FEMALE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; PAPER; SEXUAL MATURATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; PISCES; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 0032819134     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900960     Document Type: Article

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