Reproductive parameters in female yellow-blotched map turtles (Graptemys flavimaculata) from a historically contaminated site vs. a reference site

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-408

  Shelby Walker, Jennifer A ^a,b   Ward, Chelsea K ^a,b   Mendonça, Mary T ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Graptemys flavimaculata; PCBs; Pulp mill; Reproduction; Reptile; TCDD; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAPTEMYS FLAVIMACULATA; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURTLE; WATER POLLUTION;

GRAPTEMYS FLAVIMACULATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MISSISSIPPI; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE; TURTLES; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 70149099331     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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