Seasonal reproductive patterns of female Gambusia holbrooki from two Florida lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1569-1576

  Edwards, Thea M ^a   Toft, Gunnar ^b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Endocrine disruption; Fecundity; Livebearer; Mosquitofish; Reproduction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; FECUNDITY; LIVEBEARER; MOSQUITOFISH; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FRESH WATER;

ABNORMALITY; CROCODILIAN; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE APOPKA; LAKE WOODRUFF; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATORINAE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 77953010411     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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