Endocrine disruption in white ibises (Eudocimus albus) caused by exposure to environmentally relevant levels of methylmercury

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 321-327

  Jayasena, Nilmini ^a   Frederick, Peter C ^a   Larkin, Iskande L V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Estradiol; Male male pairing; Methylmercury; Testosterone; White ibis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; METHYLMERCURY; TESTOSTERONE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; METABOLITE; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TESTOSTERONE; WADER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATE CHOICE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WHITE IBIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS;

EID: 79960684167     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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