Are dioxin-like contaminants responsible for the eel (Anguilla anguilla) drama?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-148

  Palstra, A P ^a   Van Ginneken, V J T ^a   Murk, A J ^b   Van Den Thillart, G E E J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIOXIN; FAT; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DIOXIN; EEL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLLUTANT; REPORTER GENE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; CARPS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIOXINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OVUM; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TISSUE EXTRACTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 33644976303     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0080-z     Document Type: Article

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