Intersex in feral indigenous freshwater Oreochromis mossambicus, from various parts in the Luvuvhu River, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1537-1542

  Barnhoorn, I E J ^a   van Dyk, J C ^a   Pieterse, G M ^b   Bornman, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Histology; Intersex; Oreochromis mossambicus; Testis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

DDD; DDE; DDT; DETECTION METHOD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSEX; LABORATORY METHOD; METABOLITE; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERAL SPECIES; FRESHWATER FISH; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; TESTIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FISH DISEASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RIVERS; SOUTH AFRICA; TESTIS; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LIMPOPO; LUVUVHU BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 77956992008     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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