An environmental oestrogen disrupts fish population dynamics through direct and transgenerational effects on survival and fecundity

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 582-591

  Schwindt, Adam R ^a   Winkelman, Dana L ^b   Keteles, Kristen ^c   Murphy, Mark ^c   Vajda, Alan M ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b US Geological Survey Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Biology Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

17 ethynylestradiol; Endocrine disruption; Fish; Freshwater; Mesocosm; North America; Pimephales promelas; Population ecology; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FECUNDITY; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IMMIGRATION; MESOCOSM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PRIORITIZATION; REPRODUCTION; STEROID; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES;

EID: 84900563959     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12237     Document Type: Article

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