Sex alteration in soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) in an intertidal zone of the Saint Lawrence River (Quebec, Canada)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-198

  Gagne F ^a   Blaise, C ^a   Pellerin, J ^b   Pelletier, E ^b   Douville, M ^a   Gauthier Clerc, S ^b   Viglino, L ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Estradiol 17 binding sites; Estradiol 17 synthesis; Mya arenaria; Organotins; Sex ratio; Sexual maturation; Vitellins

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PROTEIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CANADA; CLAM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 0037317913     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00248-X     Document Type: Article

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