Reproductive condition and behavior in relation to plasma levels of gonadal steroids in the spiny damselfish Acanthochromis polyacanthus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-69

  Pankhurst, N W ^a   Hilder, P I ^a   Pankhurst, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS;

ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS;

EID: 0032993472     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7285     Document Type: Article

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