Does proximity to aquatic pollution affect reproductive traits in a wild-caught intertidal fish?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2374-2383

  Sopinka, N M ^a   Fitzpatrick, J L ^b   Taves, J E ^a   Ikonomou, M G ^c   Marsh Rollo, S E ^a   Balshine, S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Egg survival; Porichthys notatus; Sperm; Testicular asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; CANADA; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PISCES; PORICHTHYS NOTATUS;

EID: 84860531978     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03281.x     Document Type: Article

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