Plasma vasopressin levels and water conservation in fasting, postweaned northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-106

  Ortiz, Rudy M ^a   Adams, Sean H ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^c   Ortiz, C Leo ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephant seals; Fasting; Kidney; Mirounga angustirostris; Plasma vasopressin; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030057465     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00307.x     Document Type: Article

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