| Main Title |
Fish intersexuality as indicator of environmental stress : monitoring fish reproductive systems can serve to alert humans to potential harm / |
| Author |
Bortone, Stephen A. ;
Bortone, S. A. ;
Davis, W. P.
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| Other Authors |
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL. ;University of West Florida, Pensacola. Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,] |
| Year Published |
1994 |
| Report Number |
PB94-191095; EPA/600/J-94/283 |
| Stock Number |
PB94-191095 |
| OCLC Number |
738404813 |
| Subjects |
Intersexuality ;
Fishes--Reproduction ;
Cricket--Maryland ;
Intersexuality in animals--Effect of pollution on
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| Additional Subjects |
Fish physiology ;
Sex hormones ;
Water pollution effects(Animals) ;
Biological indicators ;
Industrial wastes ;
Sulfate pulping ;
Paper mills ;
Concentration(Composition) ;
Environmental exposure ;
Fish reproduction ;
Effluents ;
Livebearers ;
Reprints ;
KME(Draft mill effluent) ;
Intersexuality ;
Masculinization ;
Arrhenoidy ;
Gambusia affinis ;
Heterandria formosa ;
Poecilia latipinna
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ESAD |
EPA 600-J-94-283 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
07/11/2011 |
| NTIS |
PB94-191095 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
pp. 165-172 : ill., charts ; 28 cm. |
| Abstract |
Intersexuality in the form of masculinization has been observed among poeciliid fishes (i.e., mosquitofish, least killifish, and sailfin molly) from streams receiving paper mill effluent (i.e., draft mill effluent). The degree of masculinization is related to the relative concentration and duration of exposure to kraft mill effluent (KME). Compounds associated with KME apparently act as endocrine disruptors to the normal expression of secondary sex characters. Monitoring intersexuality in these fishes may serve as a useful sentinel to detect endocrine disruptors in the environment. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172). Caption title. "EPA/600/J-94/283." "PB94-191095." "March 1994." |
