Assessing reproductive and endocrine parameters in male largescale suckers (Catostomus macrocheilus) along a contaminant gradient in the lower Columbia River, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 484, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 365-378

  Jenkins, J A ^a   Olivier, H M ^a   Draugelis Dale, R O ^a   Eilts, B E ^b,f   Torres, L ^b,c   Patino R ^c   Nilsen, E ^d   Goodbred, S L ^e  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e US Geological Survey (Emeritus)   (United States)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Flow cytometry; Motility; Sperm; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION; DNA; FADING (RADIO); FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMPURITIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DNA FRAGMENTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTILITY; PERSISTENT ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SPERM; THYROID HORMONES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUCIFERASE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROXINE; VITELLOGENIN; 2,2',3',4,4',5-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',4,4',5-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER 154; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; WATER POLLUTANT;

APOPTOSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; DDE; DNA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; MOTILITY; PCB; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPERM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATOSTOMUS MACROCHEILUS; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; FULTONS CONDITION FACTOR; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; IMMUNOASSAY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THYROCYTE HEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CYPRINIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

COLUMBIA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMUS MACROCHEILUS; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIFORMES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; THYROXINE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899646319     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.097     Document Type: Article

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