Evidence of feminization in wild Elliptio complanata mussels in the receiving waters downstream of a municipal effluent outfall

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Gagne F ^a   Bouchard, B ^b   Andre C ^a   Farcy, E ^a,b   Fournier, M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Elliptio complanata; Oxidative damage; Purine synthesis; Serotonin; Vitellogenin like proteins

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PURINE; SEROTONIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EGG PRODUCTION; ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MONITORING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURINE SYNTHESIS; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILVER STAINING; VITELLOGENESIS;

ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA;

EID: 78649699078     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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