The developmental effects of a municipal wastewater effluent on the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-152

  Sowers, Anthony D ^a   Mills, Marc A ^b   Klaine, Stephen J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Endocrine disruption; Tadpoles; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FROG; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FROG; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; SWIMMING; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; RANA PIPIENS; STARTLE REACTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID GLAND; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AMPHIBIA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 68049147255     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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