Wildlife is exposed to a diverse range of natural and man-made chemicals. Some
environmental chemicals possess specific endocrine disrupting properties, which have the …

Environmental change can increase the likelihood of interspecific hybridization by altering
properties of mate recognition and discrimination between sympatric congeners. We …

Histopathological changes were identified in selected target organs from two freshwater fish
species, Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis mossambicus, inhabiting the hyper-eutrophic …

Zearalenone (ZON) is one of the worldwide most common mycotoxin and exhibits estrogenic
activity in the range of natural steroid estrogens. The occurrence of ZON has been reported …

Steroid hormones are naturally synthesized by both humans and animals and are released
into the environment. Significant levels of steroid hormones have been detected in sewage …

Contaminants causing sex-altering, endocrine disrupting-like (ED) effects, or otherwise
influencing reproduction, have been of growing concern to humans for more than 50 years …

Currently, endocrine disruptors (EDs) can be found in all the environmental compartments.
To understand the effects of estrogenic EDs (EEDs), adults of Cyprinodon variegatus have …

The aim of this study was to assess endocrine disruptive effects in wild population of fish in
five French rivers selected to represent different pollution contexts at two seasons (summer …

Updating the extremely successful Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling (CRC
Press, 1994), Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues brings …

Steroidal estrogens are one of the most challenging classes of hazardous contaminants as
they can cause adverse effects to biota in extremely low concentrations. They emerge in …