Altered development and reproduction in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) found in the Hanxi River, southern China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2607-2615

  Xie, Yong Ping ^a,b   Fang, Zhan Qiang ^a   Hou, Li Ping ^a,b   Ying, Guang Guo ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Morphology; Mosquitofish; Municipal wastewater; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISCHARGED WASTEWATER; DONGGUAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; GONAD INDEX; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MOSQUITOFISH; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; REFERENCE SITES; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOUTHERN CHINA; STUDY SITES; TOTAL LENGTH;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MORPHOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

RIVERS;

BODY MASS; CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL VIABILITY; CHINA; DEVELOPMENT; DISSECTION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GONAD; LIVER; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PELAGIC FISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPINE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; DONGGUAN; GUANGDONG; LIUXI RIVER;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

EID: 78649603907     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.321     Document Type: Article

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