Linking steroid hormone levels to sexual maturity index and energy reserves in Nereis diversicolor from clean and polluted estuaries

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-113

  Durou, C ^a,b   Mouneyrac, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE L'OUEST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Energy reserves; Nereis diversicolor; Oocytes; Progesterone; Reproduction; Sexual maturation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLYCOGEN; LIPID; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; NONHUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; WATER POLLUTION; WORM;

EID: 33845189639     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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