Abnormally elevated VTG concentrations in flounder (Platichthys flesus) from the Mersey Estuary (UK) - A continuing problem

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 356-364

  Kleinkauf, Anne ^a,d   Scott, Alexander P ^b   Stewart, Christie ^c   Simpson, Michael G ^a   Leah, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr Environ   (United Kingdom)

^c Ctr Environ   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Dee; Endocrine disruption; Flounder; Intersex; Mersey; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; IMMATURITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GREAT BRITAIN; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

DEE ESTUARY; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MERSEY ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PLATICHTHYS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 3042680083     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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