An endocrine disrupting chemical changes courtship and parental care in the sand goby

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-292

  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

Courtship; EE2; Endocrine disrupting chemical; Parental care; Reproductive behaviour; Sand goby

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COURTSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAND GOBY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; EGG PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VIDEO RECORDING; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

KRAEMERIIDAE; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; RADIATA;

EID: 77950859605     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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