Biochemical and histopathological effects in pearl dace (Margariscus margarita) chronically exposed to a synthetic estrogen in a whole lake experiment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1114-1125

  Palace, Vince P ^a   Wautier, Kerry G ^a   Evans, Robert E ^a   Blanchfield, Paul J ^a   Mills, Kenneth H ^a   Chalanchuk, Sandra M ^a   Godard, Danielle ^a   McMaster, Mark E ^b   Tetreault, Gerald R ^b   Peters, Lisa E ^c   Vandenbyllaardt, Lenore ^a   Kidd, Karen A ^c  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Histopathology; Population effect; Steroidogenesis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; HORMONES; IMPURITIES; LAKES; PATHOLOGY;

ESTROGEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; POPULATION EFFECT; STEROIDOGENESIS; VITELLOGENIN;

HISTOLOGY;

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; LAKE WATER; VITELLOGENIN; FRESH WATER; STEROID;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMONITORING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAKE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDEMA; EGG YOLK; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAKE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PEARL DACE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; AGING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GONAD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; SEASON; SYNTHESIS; TIME;

MARGARISCUS; MARGARISCUS MARGARITA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GONADS; MALE; POPULATION; SEASONS; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 33746875986     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-557R1.1     Document Type: Article

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