Developmental effects of a municipal wastewater effluent on two generations of the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-181

  Sowers, Anthony D ^a   Gaworecki, Kristen M ^a   Mills, Marc A ^b   Roberts, Aaron P ^c   Klaine, Stephen J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fathead minnow; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONADS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OVIPARITY; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 71549171415     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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