Metabolic and hormonal changes during the molt of captive gray seals (Halichoerus grypus)

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 5 39-5, 1996, Pages

  Boily, Patrice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

cortisol; energetics; hair; resting metabolic rate; thyroid

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0029995993     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.5.r1051     Document Type: Article

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