Reproductive responses of male fathead minnows exposed to wastewater treatment plant effluent, effluent treated with XAD8 resin, and an environmentally relevant mixture of alkylphenol compounds

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-46

  Barber, Larry B ^a   Lee, Kathy E ^a   Swackhamer, Deborah L ^b   Schoenfuss, Heiko L ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol compounds; Complex mixtures; Endocrine disruption; Fathead minnows; Reproductive effects; Wastewater treatment plant effluent; XAD8 resin

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHENOL; AMMONIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GROUND WATER; RESIN; STEROID HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RESIN; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; REPRODUCTION; RESINS, PLANT; SEASONS; TESTIS; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 33947301321     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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