Gonadal feminization and halogenated environmental contaminants in common terns (Sterna hirundo) evidence that ovotestes in male embryos do not persist to the prefledgling stage

Gonadal feminization and halogenated environmental contaminants in common terns (Sterna hirundo) : evidence that ovotestes in male embryos do not persist to the prefledgling stage

Common terns (Sterna hirundo) and roseate terns (Sterna dougallii) breed on Bird Island, Massachusetts, USA, near a Superfund site highly contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Observations of skewed sex ratios and female-female pairings among endangered roseate terns (Nisbet and Hatch...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecotoxicology (London, England). - 1992. - 12(2003), 1-4 vom: 07. Feb., Seite 125-40
1. Verfasser: Hart, Constance A (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Nisbet, Ian C T, Kennedy, Sean W, Hahn, Mark E
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2003
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Ecotoxicology (London, England)
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Environmental Pollutants Polychlorinated Biphenyls DFC2HB4I0K