Annual and seasonal evaluation of reproductive status in hornyhead turbot at municipal wastewater outfalls in the Southern California Bight

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2701-2710

  Forsgren, Kristy L ^a   Bay, Steven M ^b   Vidal Dorsch, Doris E ^b   Deng, Xin ^a   Lu, Guanghua ^c   Armstrong, Jeff ^d   Gully, Joseph R ^e   Schlenk, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^e Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicology; Biomonitoring; Fish; Hornyhead turbot

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WATERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; FAR-FIELD; FISH ABUNDANCE; HORNYHEAD TURBOT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; REFERENCE SITES; REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASONAL EVALUATION; SEX RATIOS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TREATED WASTEWATER; VITELLOGENIN;

EFFLUENTS; FISH; FISHERIES; OUTFALLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOMONITORING; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLATFISH; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX RATIO; TOXICOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEWER OUTFALL; SEX RATIO; TURBOT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; MALE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; TESTIS; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; DANA POINT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

PLEURONICHTHYS VERTICALIS;

EID: 84869825338     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2006     Document Type: Article

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