Stimulation of reproductive growth in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following exposure to treated sewage effluent

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2753-2759

  Höger, Birgit ^a   Taylor, Sean ^b   Hitzfeld, Bettina ^c   Dietrich, Daniel R ^d   Van Den Heuvel, Michael R ^e  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c Swiss Agency for the Environment   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Fish; Hormone; Reproduction; Sewage wastewater

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GROWTH KINETICS; HORMONES; SEWAGE;

ENDOCRINE; FISH; REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT; SEWAGE WASTEWATER;

BIODIVERSITY;

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER SIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; REPRODUCTION; SEWAGE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33750944903     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-051R.1     Document Type: Article

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