Stress responses and sexing of wild Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-74

  Gregory, Lisa F ^a   Schmid, Jeffrey R ^b,c  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TURTLE;

EID: 0034764765     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7683     Document Type: Article

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