Plasma steroid hormone profiles and reproductive biology of the epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 586-594

  Heupel, M R ^a,b   Whittier, J M ^a   Bennett, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ESTRADIOL; MEASUREMENT; PLASMA; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SAMPLE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; OVARY; OVUM; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHARKS; TESTIS;

EID: 0033214934     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991001)284:5<586::AID-JEZ14>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Conference Paper

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