Effects of 17α-ethynylestradiol in a partial life-cycle test with zebrafish (Danio rerio): Effects on growth, gonads and female reproductive success

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 309, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 127-137

  Van Den Belt, K ^a,b   Verheyen, R ^b   Witters, H ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Ethynylestradiol; Larvae development; Partial life cycle exposure; Reproductive success; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; FISHERIES; MORPHOLOGY;

GONADOSOMATIC INDEX;

AQUACULTURE;

CALCIUM; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PHOSPHORUS; TAP WATER; VITELLOGENIN; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE;

ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FISH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CURVE; LIFE CYCLE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPAWNING; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VITELLOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GONADS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; VITELLOGENINS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0037941097     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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