Decreased sperm count and sexual behavior in mosquitofish exposed to water from a pesticide-contaminated lake

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-20

  Toft, Gunnar ^a,b,c   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Gambusia holbrooki; Lake Apopka; Mosquitofish; Sexual behavior; Sperm count; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; PESTICIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLORIDA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; TESTOSTERONE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FLORIDA; LAKE APOPKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 5044221756     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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