Hormonal and metabolic responses of juvenile alligators to cold shock

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 566-572

  Lance, Valentine A ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; COLD TOLERANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0033134664     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990501)283:6<566::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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