Effects of atrazine on endocrinology and physiology in juvenile barramundi, Lates calcarifer (Bloch)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1607-1614

  Kroon, Frederieke J ^a,b   Hook, Sharon E ^a   Jones, Dean ^a   Metcalfe, Suzanne ^a   Osborn, Hannah L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicology; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Fish indices; Pesticide runoff; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; FISHERIES; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; UREA; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FISH INDICES; PESTICIDE CONTAMINATIONS; PESTICIDE RUNOFF;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P19B; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

ATRAZINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; JUVENILE; MARINE POLLUTION; OSMOREGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FISH; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LATES CALCARIFER; LUNG VENTILATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF LAGOON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

LATES CALCARIFER;

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS; FISH INDICES; PESTICIDE RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERBICIDES; MALE; PERCIFORMES; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902547347     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2594     Document Type: Article

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