Reconnaissance of 17ß -Estradiol, 11-Ketotestosterone, Vitellogenin, and Gonad Histopatholog y in Common Carp of United States Streams: Potential for Contaminant-Induced Endocrine Disruption

By Steven L. Goodbred, Robert J. Gilliom, Timothy S. Gross, Nancy P. Denslow, Wade B. Bryant, and Trenton R. Schoeb

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-627

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Contributing U.S. Geological Survey Staff

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Larry R. Brown, Biologist (Fisheries)
James F. Coles, Ecologist
Rod DeWeese, Ecologist
Steven A. Frenzel, Hydrologist (Fisheries)
Jeffery W. Frey, Hydrologist
Robert M. Goldstein, Biologist (Fisheries)
Michael J. Lydy, Ecologist
Bruce J. Moring, Biologist
Thomas A. Muir, Ecologist (Project Manager)
Karen R. Murray, Ecologist
Barbara C. Scudder, Hydrologist/Biologist
Stephen Smith, Ecologist
Stephen K. Sorenson, Biologist
Daniel J. Sullivan, Hydrologist
Cathy M. Tate, Biologist
Ian R. Waite, Biologist
Humbert Zappia, Biologist

TECHNICAL REVIEWERS

Reynaldo Patiqo, Assistant Cooperative Leader (Fisheries)
Christopher J. Schmitt, Biologist (Fisheries)

EDITORIAL, GRAPHICS, AND PRODUCTION TEAM

James B. Baker, Editor
Susan G. Davis, Production Editor
Yvonne M. Gobert, Scientific Illustrator
Glenn R. Schwegmann, Technical Editor
Thomas A. Sklarsky, Technical Editor

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