Endocrine disruption in male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) inhabiting wetlands in Western Australia

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 665-672

  Game, Clare ^a   Gagnon, M Monique ^a   Webb, Diane ^a   Lim, Richard ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Endocrine disruption; Gambusia; Morphological indices

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BODY SIZE; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISORDER; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WETLAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JACK FINNEY LAKE; LAKE KULINUP; LAKE MONGER; LOCH MCNESS; SWAN COASTAL PLAIN; WAGERUP; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 33751073149     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-006-0104-2     Document Type: Article

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