A survey of indicators for reproductive endocrine disruption in Fundulus heteroclitus (killifish) at selected sites in the Chesapeake Bay

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 170-177

  Pait, Anthony S ^a   Nelson, Judd O ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Endocrine disruption; Estuaries; Fundulus heteroclitus; Killifish; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

CHESAPEAKE BAY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; KILLIFISH; VITELLOGENIN;

ESTUARIES; PLASMAS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VITELLOGENIN;

DETECTION METHOD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTUARY; FISH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLASMA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GONADAL DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SEX RATIO; SPRING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNDULIDAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KILLIFISHES; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHENOLS; SEX RATIO; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 67651171181     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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