Assessment of the estrogenicity and toxicity of a domestic wastewater effluent flowing through a constructed wetland system using biomarkers in male fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas rafinesque, 1820)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2268-2275

  Hemming, Jon M ^a,d   Waller, William T ^a   Chow, Marjorie C ^b   Denslow, Nancy D ^b   Venables, Barney ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TRAC Laboratories   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Effluent pimephales promelas; Vitellogenin; Wastewater; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; EFFLUENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY; WETLANDS;

ESTROGENICITY;

WASTEWATER;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORPHENOTANE; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOMARKER; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYPRINIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ESTROGENS; GONADS; LIVER; MALE; PHENOLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOXICITY TESTS; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIFORMES; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0035654880     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620201020     Document Type: Article

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