Gonad organochlorine concentrations and plasma steroid levels in white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) from the Columbia River, USA

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-245

  Foster, E P ^a   Fitzpatrick, M S ^b   Feist, G W ^b   Schreck, C B ^b   Yates, J ^a  

^a Oregon Department Environmental Quality   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; FISH; FISHING; GONAD; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GONADS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0034911534     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280116     Document Type: Article

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