Effects of an environmental estrogen on male gulf pipefish, Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann and Kendall), a male brooding teleost

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1207-1212

  Ueda, N ^a   Partridge, C ^a,c   Bolland, J ^a   Hemming, J ^b   Sherman, T ^a   Boettcher, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEOST; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; SYNGNATHUS SCOVELLI; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 25444516557     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0709-9     Document Type: Article

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