Larval exposure to environmentally relevant mixtures of alkylphenolethoxylates reduces reproductive competence in male fathead minnows

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-277

  Bistodeau, Travis J ^a   Barber, Larry B ^b   Bartell, Stephen E ^a   Cediel, Roberto A ^a   Grove, Kent J ^a   Klaustermeier, Jacob ^a   Woodard, Janet C ^a   Lee, Kathy E ^b   Schoenfuss, Heiko L ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylphenolethoxylates; Fathead minnow; Nonylphenolethoxylates; Octylphenolethoxylate; Reproduction; Wastewater treatment plant effluent

Indexed keywords

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 NONYLPHENOL DIETHOXYCARBOXYLATE; 4 NONYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; 4 NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYCARBOXYLATE; 4 NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATE; 4 OCTYLPHENOL; 4 OCTYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; 4 OCTYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATE; GROUND WATER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; LARVA; MATURATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; LARVA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MONITORING; MORPHOMETRICS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPAWNING;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FEMALE; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33747748828     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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