Chronic toxicity of contaminated sediments on reproduction and histopathology of the crustacean Gammarus fossarum and relationship with the chemical contamination and in vitro effects

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-433

  Mazurová, Edita ^a   Hilscherová, Klára ^a   Šídlová Štěpánková, Tereza ^a   Kohler H ^b   Triebskorn, Rita ^b,c   Jungmann, Dirk ^d   Giesy, John P ^e,f,g,h   Bláha, Luděk ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Steinbeis Transfer Center for Ecotoxicology and Ecophysiology   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgenicity; Estrogenicity; Fecundity; In vitro; Reproduction toxicity; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; COAL MINE; CRUSTACEAN; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FECUNDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MACERAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; GERMANY; LAKE PILNOK; LOCKWITZBACH; MORAVSKOSLEZSKY; SAXONY;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 77952291003     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0166-x     Document Type: Article

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