A comparison of the reproductive physiology of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, collected from the Escambia and Blackwater Rivers in Florida

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-204

  Orlando, Edward F ^a   Denslow, Nancy D ^b   Folmar, Leroy C ^c   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Hepatic detoxification enzymes; Hepatosomatic index; Steroidogenesis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LIVER ENZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIVER WATER; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GONAD; LIVER; LIVER SIZE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PENSACOLA; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0032939847     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107199     Document Type: Article

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