Endocrine disruption in wild populations of chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in contaminated French streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2146-2154

  Hinfray, Nathalie ^a   Palluel, Olivier ^a   Piccini, Benjamin ^a   Sanchez, Wilfried ^a   Aït Aïssa, Selim ^a   Noury, Patrice ^b   Gomez, Elena ^c   Geraudie, Perrine ^d   Minier, Christophe ^d   Brion, François ^a   Porcher, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d Université du Havre   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Chub; Endocrine disruption; Histology; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CHUB; CONTAMINATED SITES; DISRUPTIVE EFFECTS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; EROD ACTIVITY; ETHOXYRESORUFIN-O-DEETHYLASE; FISH POPULATIONS; FISH SPECIES; IN-FIELD; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; REFERENCE SITES; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BRAIN; CONTAMINATION; FISH; FISHERIES; HISTOLOGY; MEATS; ONLINE SEARCHING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AROMATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; VITELLOGENIN;

AUTUMN; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; BIOMETRY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; HISTOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; SUMMER; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FALLING; FEMALE; FISH; FRANCE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; VITELLOGENESIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AROMATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CYPRINIDAE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALE; OVARY; SEASONS; TESTIS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FRANCE;

CYPRINIDAE; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS;

EID: 77649337487     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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