Effect of mono-ortho and di-ortho substituted polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners on leopard frog survival and sexual development

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1609-1619

  Jofré, Mariana Beatriz ^a   Karasov, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Bay Fox river; Leopard frog (Rana pipiens); PCBs; Sexual development; Survival

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS;

GREEN BAY-FOX RIVER; LEOPARD FROG (RANA PIPIENS); SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FROG; HATCHING; PCB; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONGENER; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FROG; LEOPARD FROG; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RANA PIPIENS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FOX RIVER [WISCONSIN]; GREEN BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 38349080051     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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