Comparison of reproductive parameters in male yellow-blotched map turtles (Graptemys flavimaculata) from a historically contaminated site and a reference site

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-242

  Shelby, J A ^a   Mendonca M T ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Graptemys flavimaculata; PCBs; Pulp mill; Reproduction; Reptile; TCDD; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; POLLUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GRAPTEMYS FLAVIMACULATA; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0034912574     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(01)00200-9     Document Type: Article

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