Water quality influences reproduction in female mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) from eight Florida springs

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue SUPPL.1, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Edwards, Thea M ^a   Miller, Hilary D ^a   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fish; Gambusia; Growth; Larvae; Matrotrophy; Mosquitofish; Nitrate; Offspring; Oxygen; Reproduction; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FRESH WATER; NITRATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MUSCLE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; LIVER; MUSCLES; NITRATES; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33750987895     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8056     Document Type: Article

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