Toxins | |
Intersex Tilapia ( |
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Peter Lin Sun1  | |
[1] Department of Aquaculture, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Nei Pu, Pingtung, 91207, Taiwan | |
关键词: tilapia; morphological deformity; biomarker; indicator; river pollution; endocrine disrupting chemicals; intersex; | |
DOI : 10.3390/toxins1010014 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
River pollution in Taiwan is rather serious, but so far there have been no reports of fish intersex problems. This report reveals that 50% male tilapia in the Era-Jiin River of southern Taiwan were found to be feminized in an October 8, 1994 collection from station EJ-2 of this river. After discounting all other possible causative factors, and correlating with endocrine disrupting chemicals found in this river, we suggest that there is a great possibility that the occurrence of intersex tilapia was caused by these chemicals. The above finding suggests that greater attention needs to be given to endocrine disrupting chemicals problems.
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland
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