Estrogenic activity in coastal areas around Japan evaluated by measuring male serum vitellogenins in Japanese common goby Acanthogobius flavimanus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1135-1145

  Ohkubo, Nobuyuki ^a   Mochida, Kazuhiko ^b   Adachi, Shinji ^c   Hara, Akihiko ^c   Hotta, Komei ^d   Nakamura, Yukio ^d   Matsubara, Takahiro ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Teikokushoin Bldg 5F   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELISA; Environmental estrogen; Goby; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOGOBIUS FLAVIMANUS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS;

EID: 0347695837     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0919-9268.2003.00738.x     Document Type: Review

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