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ALTERED SERUM SEX STEROIDS AND VITELLOGENIN INDUCTION IN WALLEYE (STIZOSTEDION VITREUM) COLLECTED NEAR A METROPOLITAN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Citation:
Folmar, L C., N D. Denslow, K. J. Kroll, E. F. Orlando, J. Enblom, J. Marcino, C. Metcalfe, AND L. Guillette. ALTERED SERUM SEX STEROIDS AND VITELLOGENIN INDUCTION IN WALLEYE (STIZOSTEDION VITREUM) COLLECTED NEAR A METROPOLITAN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 40(3):392-398, (2001).
Description:
Feral, male walleye collected from the Mississippi River below the St. Paul metropolitan sewage treatment plant (STP) contained measurable levels of the estrogen-inducible, female egg protein, vitellogenin. These same fish showed significantly decreased serum androgen and significantly elevated serum estrogen concentrations and contained fibrotic testes.
Record Details:
Record Type:DOCUMENT( JOURNAL/ PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL)
Product Published Date:04/20/2001
Record Last Revised:06/07/2005
Record ID:
107131