Plasma steroid profiles in nesting loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in Queensland, Australia: Relationship to nesting episode and season

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-47

  Whittier, Joan M ^a   Corrie, Fiona ^a   Limpus, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA;

EID: 0031127776     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6848     Document Type: Article

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