Assessing the toxicity of environmental contaminants with early life stages of Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes)

These procedures are to be used to assess the responses of fish to organic chemicals with potential toxic and/or endocrine disrupting activity by monitoring early life stages of the aquarium fish, Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipus) for embryotoxicity and for alterations to the development of gonadal...

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Published in:Environmental toxicology and water quality 1997, Vol.12 (4), p.349-352
Main Authors: Rao, Salem S., Metcalfe, C. D., Neheli, Tannis A., Schmidt, Birgit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
contaminants
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
endocrine
estrogens
fish
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Japanese medaka
Oryzias latipes
Techniques
toxicity
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Summary:These procedures are to be used to assess the responses of fish to organic chemicals with potential toxic and/or endocrine disrupting activity by monitoring early life stages of the aquarium fish, Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipus) for embryotoxicity and for alterations to the development of gonadal tissues.
ISSN:1053-4725
1098-2256
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1997)12:4<349::AID-TOX9>3.0.CO;2-8