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Comparative responses to endocrine disrupting compounds in early life stages of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are endangered anadromous fish that may be exposed to feminizing endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) during early development, potentially altering physiological capacities, survival and fitness. To assess differential life stage sensitivity to common EDCs, we carried out short-term (four day) exposures using three doses each of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), 17β-estra
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Tara A. Duffy, Luke R. Iwanowicz, Stephen D. McCormick
Prolactin and teleost ionocytes: new insights into cellular and molecular targets of prolactin in vertebrate epithelia
The peptide hormone prolactin is a functionally versatile hormone produced by the vertebrate pituitary. Comparative studies over the last six decades have revealed that a conserved function for prolactin across vertebrates is the regulation of ion and water transport in a variety of tissues including those responsible for whole-organism ion homeostasis. In teleost fishes, prolactin was identified
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Jason P. Breves, Stephen D. McCormick, Rolf O. Karlstrom
Phosphorus losses in production processes before the "crude ore" and "marketable production" entries in reported statistics
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Roland W. Scholz, Friedrich-Wilhelm Wellmer, John H. DeYoung,
Assessment of mitochondrial DNA damage in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) collected near a mercury-contaminated river
Historical discharges of Hg into the South River near the town of Waynesboro, VA, USA, have resulted in persistently elevated Hg concentrations in sediment, surface water, ground water, soil, and wildlife downstream of the discharge site. In the present study, we examined mercury (Hg) levels in in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) from this location and assessed the utility of a non-destructive
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Natalie K. Karouna-Renier, Carl White, Christopher R. Perkins, John J. Schmerfeld, David Yates