Acute and chronic effects of testosterone and 4-hydroxyandrostenedione to the crustacean Daphnia magna

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 757-764

  Barbosa, Isabel R ^a   Nogueira, António J A ^b   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

4 Hydroxyandrostenedione; Acute toxicity; Chronic toxicity; Daphnia magna; Egg development; Endocrine disruption; Steroid compounds; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FORMESTANE; TESTOSTERONE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DETECTION METHOD; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; STEROID; SURFACE WATER; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FERTILITY; FRESH WATER; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 53049105787     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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