Intersex and other reproductive disruption of fish in wastewater effluent dominated Colorado streams

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-15

  Woodling, John D ^a   Lopez, Elena M ^a   Maldonado, Tammy A ^a   Norris, David O ^a   Vajda, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishes; Intersex; Reproductive disruption; White sucker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; EFFLUENT; FEMALE; FISH; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD; GROWTH RATE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; PISCES;

EID: 33748043627     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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