Expanding the ecotoxicological toolbox: The inclusion of polychaete reproductive endpoints

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-22

  Lewis, Ceri ^a   Watson, Gordon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Genotoxicity; Pollution; Reproductive endpoint; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; FERTILISATION; GENOTOXICITIES; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; NATURAL POPULATION; PAUCITY OF DATA; POLYCHAETE FAMILIES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE ENDPOINT; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT; REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS; SPERM;

ECOLOGY; TOXICITY;

POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENOTOXICITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYCHAETE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

ARENICOLA MARINA; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; LARVA; MARINE SPECIES; MATURATION; NEREIDS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLYCHAETE REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARENICOLA MARINA; NEREIDA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84857063739     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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