Intersex in feral brown trout from Swiss midland rivers

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1734-1740

  Korner O ^a,b   Vermeirssen, E L M ^b   Burkhardt Holm, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Endocrine disruption; Gonad; Intersex; Ovotestis; Salmonidae

Indexed keywords

FERAL ORGANISM; INTERSEX; RIVER WATER; SALMONID;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33845572519     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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