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Use of the Australian Crimson-Spotted Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia Fluviatilis) as a Model Test Species for Investigating the Effects of Endocrine Disruptors

Date

Authors

Pollino, Carmel

Georgiades, Eugene

Holdway, Douglas A.

Publisher

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Abstract

Few studies have investigated the potential reproductive effects of toxicants on Australian freshwater fish species. The present study uses the Australian rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis) as a model for testing the potential effects of 17β-estradio

Keywords

Keywords: Concentration (process); Enzymes; Histology; Hormones; Pathology; Plasmas; Crimson spotted rainbowfish; Histopathology; Phosphoproteins; Plasma testosterones; Fish; biological marker; endocrine disruptor; estradiol; gamma glutamyltransferase; guanosine tr ?-glutamyltranspeptidase; Crimson-spotted rainbowfish; Estradiol; Phosphoprotein; Sex steroids

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20609

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1897/06-603R.1

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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