Do sewage treatment plant discharges substantially impair fish reproduction in polluted rivers?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 497-514

  Jessica, Douxfils ^a   Robert, Mandiki ^a   Frédéric, Silvestre ^a   Arnaud, Bertrand ^b   Delphine, Leroy ^b   Jean Pierre, Thomé ^b   Patrick, Kestemont ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barbatula barbatula; Biomarkers; Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals; Gobio gobio; Reproduction; Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FISHERIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BARBATULA BARBATULA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

AROMATASE; PHOSPHORUS; SEX HORMONE;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; DISCHARGE; FISH; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CYPRINIFORMES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; STEROIDS; TESTIS; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

BARBATULA BARBATULA; GOBIO GOBIO;

EID: 33845927113     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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