Assessing multiple endpoints of atrazine ingestion on gravid northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) and their offspring

Ecotoxicological studies that focus on a single endpoint might not accurately and completely represent the true ecological effects of a contaminant. Exposure to atrazine, a widely used herbicide, disrupts endocrine function and sexual development in amphibians, but studies involving live‐bearing rep...

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Published in:	Environmental toxicology Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 1072 - 1082
Main Authors:	Neuman‐Lee, Lorin A, Gaines, Karen F, Baumgartner, Kyle A, Voorhees, Jaymie R, Novak, James M, Mullin, Stephen J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States John Wiley & Sons 01-09-2014 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	amphibians Animals atrazine Atrazine - toxicity blood Colubridae Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Endocrine disruptors estradiol Female fetal death fish gestation period Herbicides - toxicity immune function ingestion Male morphometry mortality mothers Nerodia sipedon progeny reproduction reptiles sex ratio sexual development snakes Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity snakes immune function reptiles sex ratio reproduction
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