Sensitivity of brown trout reproduction to long-term estrogenic exposure

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-72

  Schubert, Sara ^a,b   Peter, Armin ^a   Burki, Richard ^c   Schönenberger, René ^a   Suter, Marc J F ^a   Segner, Helmut ^c   Burkhardt Holm, Patricia ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Environmental estrogens; Fertilization; Growth; Reproduction; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

4 NONYLPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; VITELLOGENIN;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SALMONID; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOLVENT; SURVIVAL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BROWN TROUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TROUT; VITELLOGENINS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMO TRUTTA FARIO;

EID: 52949128720     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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