Pollutant
waits to smite salmon at sea
Freshwater exposure to estrogen-mimicking
pollutants may leave young, migratory fish unable to adapt to life at
sea.
References:
Brown, S.B. . . . and W.L. Fairchild. 1998. Effects of water-borne
4-nonylphenol on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts. SETAC
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Fairchild, W.L., et al. 1999. Does an association between
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Further Readings:
Madsen, S.S., A.B. Mathiesen, and B. Korsgaard. 1997. Effects of
17b-estradiol and 4-nonylphenol on smoltification and vitellogenesis
in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
17:303.
Madsen, S.S., and B. Korsgaard. 1991. Opposite effects of 17b-estradiol
and combined growth hormone-cortisol treatment on hypo-osmoregulatory
performance in sea trout presmolts, Salmo trutta. General and Comparative
Endocrinology 83:276.
______. 1989. Time-course effects of repetitive oestradiol-17b and
thyroxine injections on the natural spring smolting of Atlantic salmon,
Salmo salar L. Journal of Fish Biology 35:119.
Raloff, J. 1997. Hormone mimics get harder to pigeonhole. Science
News 151(April 26):254.
______. 1994. Sperm changes linked to drinking water. Science
News 145(Feb. 26):142.
______. 1994. The role of chlorine-and its future. Science News
145(Jan. 22):59.
______. 1994. That feminine touch.
Science News 145(Jan. 22):56.
______. 1994. The gender benders.
Science News 145(Jan. 8):24.
Sources:
Wayne L. Fairchild
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Gulf Fisheries Centre
P.O. Box 5030
343 Archibald Street
Moncton, N.B. E1C 9B6
Canada
Steffen S. Madsen
Odense University
Institute of Biology
Campusvej 55
DK-5230 Odense M
Denmark
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 19, May 8, 1999, p. 293.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
