Corticosteroid and thyroid responses of larval and juvenile turbot exposed to the water-soluble fraction of crude oil

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 953-964

  Stephens, S M ^a,d   Alkindi, A Y A ^b   Waring, C P ^c   Brown, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cortisol; petroleum hydrocarbons; stress; thyroid hormones; turbot

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031149148     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0371     Document Type: Article

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