Marine environmental monitoring is undertaken to provide evidence that environmental
management targets are being met. Moreover, monitoring also provides context to marine …

This state-of-the-science review is aimed at identifying the sources, occurrence, and
concentrations of EDCs, including potential public health risks associated with drinking …

Intersex, or the presence of characteristics of both sexes, in fishes that are normally
gonochoristic has been used as an indicator of exposure to estrogenic compounds. In 2003 …

Intersex occurrence in freshwater fishes was evaluated for nine river basins in the United
States. Testicular oocytes (predominantly male testes containing female germ cells) were …

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 5: Mammals is the fifth of five second-
edition volumes representing a comprehensive and integrated overview of hormones and …

The triazine herbicide atrazine has been suggested to be a potential disruptor of normal
sexual development in male frogs. The goals of this study were to collect native ranid frogs …

Fisheries have been vital to coastal communities around the North Sea for centuries, but this
semi-enclosed sea also receives large amounts of waste. It is therefore important to monitor …

The deep-sea environment is a sink for a wide variety of contaminants including heavy
metals and organic compounds of anthropogenic origin. Life history traits of many deep …

Intensive row crop agriculture (IRCA) for corn and soybean production is predominant in
eastern and central North America. IRCA relies heavily on pesticide and nutrient inputs to …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) interfere with the functioning of the endocrine
system, causing reproductive and developmental disturbances in aquatic wildlife …