Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) males exposed to an endocrine disrupting chemical fail in nest and mate competition

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-321

  Saaristo, Minna ^a   Craft, John A ^b   Lehtonen, Kari K ^c   Lindström, Kai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

EE2; Endocrine disrupting chemical; Female choice; Pomatoschistus minutus; Reproductive behavior; Sand goby; Synthetic estrogens; Zona radiata protein

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA RADIATA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAND GOBY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; EGG PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69349088855     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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