Plasma corticosterone concentrations associated with acute captivity stress in wild loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 312-320

  Gregory, Lisa F ^a   Gross, Timothy S ^b   Bolten, Alan B ^b   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a,b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOACA; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; TURTLE;

EID: 0030561306     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0176     Document Type: Article

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