Endocrine (sexual) disruption is not a prominent feature in the pike (Esox lucius), a top predator, living in english waters

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1436-1443

  Vine, Emma ^a   Shears, Jan ^b   Van Aerle, Ronny ^b   Tyler, Charles R ^b   Sumpter, John P ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Esox lucius; Estrogenic contamination; Masculinization; Top predator

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONTAMINATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEWAGE; TOXICITY;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGENIC CHEMICALS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOCIDAE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; OVARY; SEWAGE; TESTIS; VITELLOGENINS;

ESOX LUCIUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 18844422474     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-447R.1     Document Type: Article

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