Serum T4 and serum T3 concentrations in immature captive whitetip reef sharks, Triaenodon obesus

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 500-504

  Crow, Gerald L ^a   Ron, Benny ^b,d   Atkinson, Shannon ^b   Rasmussen, L E L ^c  

^a Waikiki Aquarium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; IODIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; TRIAENODON OBESUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SHARKS; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0033215258     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991001)284:5<500::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Conference Paper

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