Assessment of estrogenic exposure in brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a Swiss midland river: Integrated analysis of passive samplers, wild and caged fish, and vitellogenin mRNA and protein

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2077-2086

  Burki, Richard ^a   Vermeirssen, Etiënne L M ^b   Körner, Oliver ^c   Joris, Caroline ^b   Burkhardt Holm, Patricia ^c   Segner, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Salmo trutta; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; HORMONES; PROTEINS; RNA; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; REAL-TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMO TRUTTA; VITELLOGENIN;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; RIVER WATER; VITELLOGENIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FIELD METHOD; FISH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; RIVER WATER; RNA; SAMPLER; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROWN TROUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SWITZERLAND; TROUT; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 33748759939     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-545R.1     Document Type: Article

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