Effects of prolonged exposure to 4-tert-octylphenol on toxicity and indices of oestrogenic exposure in the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus, Pallas)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-38

  Robinson, Craig D ^a   Brown, Elaine ^b   Craft, John A ^b   Davies, Ian M ^a   Moffat, Colin F ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkylphenols; Fish; mRNA; Oestrogen mimics; Prolonged exposure; Toxicity; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; MARINE ENGINEERING; PHENOLS; RNA; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FISH; LC 50; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAND; SEA POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITALIA; GONADS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHENOLS; PHOSPHATES; RNA, MESSENGER; SCOTLAND; SEAWATER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 1842431466     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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