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Document Title:

Assessment of the wastewater effluent estrogenicity using the vitellogenin biomarker in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas).

AUTHOR(S):
Jon M. Hemming William T. Waller L Ammann


VOLUME:
53
ISSUE:
4
PAGES:
335 - 344

PUBLICATION DATE: 2001

ABSTRACT:
Vitellogenin is a frequently used biomarker in fish models to assess estrogenicity. Male fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, were exposed to undiluted wastewater effluent for one, two or three weeks. Vitellogenin induction in male P. promelas increased in frequency and magnitude with increased exposure duration. Vitellogenin concentrations were significantly greater ([alpha]=0.05) than controls after two and three weeks of exposure, but not after one week. The level of vitellogenesis induced by these effluent exposures was high compared to similar studies of wastewater receiving systems in the United States and United Kingdom. The receiving ecosystem may ...

PUBLICATION:
Texas Journal of Science

PUBLISHED BY:
Texas Academy of Science

DOCUMENT LINK:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.5620201020/full

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