Reproductive fitness of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of the potent estrogen ethynylestradiol (EE2) in a whole lake exposure experiment

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Werner, Julieta ^a   Palace, Vince P ^a,b   Wautier, Kerry G ^b   Mills, Kenneth H ^b   Chalanchuk, Sandra M ^b   Kidd, Karen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deformities; Environmental estrogen; Fertilization; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID; STEROID;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 33750439816     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70s259     Document Type: Article

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