An investigation into intersex amphipods and a possible association with aquaculture

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-455

  Ford, Alex T ^a   Read, Paul A ^b   Jones, Tim L ^c   Michino, Fumiko ^b   Pang, Yvonne ^b   Fernandes, Teresa F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Aquaculture; Crustacea; Intersexuality; Microsporidia; Pollution

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; FISH; MORPHOLOGY;

INTERSEXUALITY; MICROSPORIDIA;

AQUACULTURE;

AMPHIPOD; AQUACULTURE; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL FISHERY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; INTERSEX; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROTOZOAN;

AMPHIPODA; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ECHINOGAMMARUS MARINUS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MICROSPORIDIAN SPORE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; SEASHORE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SCOTLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINOGAMMARUS MARINUS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 34548039926     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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