Fig. 5.

Fertilization and hatching success in adult fish transiently exposed to 0.001 ppb, 0.1 ppb or 10 ppb DEHP during early development. Percentage of fertilization success and hatch out success per breeding pair were analyzed over a 40-day study period. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error (n = 5). Differences detected between % fertilization success and hatch rate within the same control/treatment group marked with the same English letter (i.e., a) are not significantly different between one another (p > 0.05). The same endpoint measurement (i.e., % fertilization success, or % hatch rate) marked with the same roman number (i.e., i or ii) indicated no significant difference was detected between the controls and other treatment groups (p>0.05).