Infertility in male aquatic invertebrates: A review

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 120-121, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-89

  Lewis, Ceri ^a   Ford, Alex T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Male fertility; Spermatozoa; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; METAL DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOMARKER; DNA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; INFERTILITY; INHIBITION; INVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRUSTACEA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ECHINODERM; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FERTILIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLLUSC; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA DAMAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FERTILITY; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861397064     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.05.002     Document Type: Review

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