Journal article
Plasma steroid hormone concentrations, aromatase activities and GSI in ranid frogs collected from agricultural and non-agricultural sites in Michigan (USA)
Abstract
The triazine herbicide atrazine has been hypothesized to disrupt sexual development in frogs by up-regulating aromatase activity, resulting in greater estradiol (E2) concentrations and causing feminization in males. The goal of this study was to collect native ranid frogs from atrazine-exposed ponds and determine whether relationships exist between measured atrazine concentrations and the gonadosomatic index (GSI), plasma concentrations of …
Authors
Murphy MB; Hecker M; Coady KK; Tompsett AR; Higley EB; Jones PD; Du Preez LH; Solomon KR; Carr JA; Smith EE
Journal
Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 153–166
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 1, 2006
DOI
10.1016/j.aquatox.2005.11.007
ISSN
0166-445X