Reproductive health of brown trout inhabiting Swiss rivers with declining fish catch

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-40

  Körner, Oliver ^a,b   Vermeirssen, Etiënne L M ^b   Burkhardt Holm, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Atresia; Endocrine disruptors; Intersex; Temperature stress; Trout; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEALTH STATUS; INTERSEX; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SALMONID FISHERY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33947208668     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-006-0842-5     Document Type: Article

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