Effect of 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) on sexual behaviors and reproductive function in male zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-108

  Huang, Yue ^a   Zhu, Guanghui ^a   Peng, Lin ^b   Ni, Wenqing ^a   Wang, Xiaoling ^a   Zhang, Jingwen ^a   Wu, Kusheng ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b CANCER HOSPITAL OF SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

2,2',4,4' Tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 47); Reproductive function; Sexual behavior; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLLUTANT;

FECUNDITY; FISH; HATCHING; PBDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPAWNING; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84908375197     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.09.037     Document Type: Article

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