Atrazine reduces reproduction in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-159

  Tillitt, Donald E ^a   Papoulias, Diana M ^a   Whyte, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Richter, Catherine A ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Endocrine disruption; Fish; Gonad abnormalities; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATRAZINE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHENOTYPE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPAWNING; ANIMAL; CYPRINIFORMES; DRUG EFFECTS; EGG LAYING; GONAD; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; GONADS; HERBICIDES; MALE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955555561     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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