Sublethal effects of methylmercury on fecal metabolites of testosterone, estradiol, and corticosterone in captive juvenile white ibises (eudocimus albus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 982-989

  Adams, Evan M ^a   Frederick, Peter C ^a   Larkin, Iske L V ^a   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fecal metabolites; Methylmercury; White ibis

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE MODELS; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECAL METABOLITES; FECAL SAMPLES; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; HIGH DOSE; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; METHYLMERCURY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCES; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS; WHITE IBIS;

BIOMOLECULES; BIRDS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; METHYLMERCURY; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIET; FLEDGING; METABOLITE; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TESTOSTERONE; TOXIN; WADER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FECAL METABOLITE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LETHALITY; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE IBIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; FECES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 67249107702     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-253.1     Document Type: Article

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