Development of a method for identifying elevated vitellogenin gene expression in the Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) as an indicator of endocrine disruption on the Sunshine Coast

Title: Development of a method for identifying elevated vitellogenin gene expression in the Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) as an indicator of endocrine disruption on the Sunshine Coast
Creator: Anderson, Kelli; Burnell, Fiona; Roiko, Anne; Andrew, Megan; O'Connor, Wayne; Elizur, Abigail
Relation: Ecological Management and Restoration Vol. 11, Issue 2, p. 143-146
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2010.00534.x
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2010
Description: The Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata- henceforth referred to as SRO) has a wide distribution throughout Australia (Nell 2003) and is responsive to environmental oestrogens (Andrew et al. 2008). Therefore, this study developed a molecular tool that can be used to detect Vtg gene expression rapidly as an indicator of endocrine disruption in this species. The developed assay was then used as a biomonitoring tool to assess potential endocrine disruption in two rivers on the Sunshine Coast: the Maroochy River, which receives sewage effluent from multiple sources, and Noosa River, which receives no sewage effluent.
Subject: bioindicators; environmental monitoring; gene expression; Sydney rock oysters; vitellogenesis
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/921569
Identifier: uon:9343
Identifier: ISSN:1442-7001
Language: eng
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