Anal fin morphology and gonadal histopathology in mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) exposed to treated municipal sewage effluent

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 562-574

  Leusch, F D L ^a,b   Chapman, H F ^c   Kay, G W ^b   Gooneratne, S R ^a,b   Tremblay, L A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FISH BIOLOGY; FISH CULTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FEMALE; FISH; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GONADS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 33645573337     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-1040-5     Document Type: Article

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