Seasonal variation and estradiol-dependent elevation of Thames estuary eel Anguilla anguilla plasma vitellogenin levels and comparisons with other United Kingdom estuaries

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 279, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 137-150

  Peters, L D ^a   Doyotte, A ^a   Mitchelmore, C L ^a   McEvoy, J ^b   Livingstone, D R ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Field; Humber; Intersex; Tees; Tyne; Wear; Weston

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; HORMONES; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

FISH STUDIES;

PROTEINS;

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOMARKER; EEL; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTERSEX; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; IMMATURITY; LABORATORY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONS; VITELLOGENINS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035851310     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00759-8     Document Type: Article

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