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dc.contributor.authorLeusch, FDL
dc.contributor.authorChapman, HF
dc.contributor.authorKay, GW
dc.contributor.authorGooneratne, SR
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, LA
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:59:39Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:59:39Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2010-02-15T06:50:34Z
dc.identifier.issn0090-4341
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00244-005-1040-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/28780
dc.description.abstractFeral mosquitofish living in undiluted treated municipal sewage in Queensland, Australia, were examined for morphologic abnormalities indicative of reproductive dysfunction. Male and female mosquitofish were captured at two sites receiving undiluted treated sewage and compared with those captured at a reference site. Several morphologic end points were examined, including length of the fourth and sixth anal fin rays and gonadal histology. Both male and female mosquitofish at one site exhibited minor elongation of the fourth anal fin ray consistent with exposure to androgenic stimulation, although the spatial extent of the effect was limited and not significant at other sites further downstream. No incidences of intersex were found. These findings suggest that the level of treatment of domestic sewage at the two sewage treatment plants assessed is adequate to prevent reproductive abnormalities in exposed mosquitofish populations.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom562
dc.relation.ispartofpageto574
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalArchives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume50
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMulti-Disciplinary
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode999999
dc.titleAnal Fin Morphology and Gonadal Histopathology in Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) Exposed to Treated Municipal Sewage Effluent
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLeusch, Frederic


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