Nocturnal activity in the green sea turtle alters daily profiles of melatonin and corticosterone

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-365

  Jessop, Tim S ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b   Whittier, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Cortico sterone; Daily hormone cycles; Daily resource availability; Green turtle; Melatonin; Nocturnal activity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NESTING; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

EID: 0036270861     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1775     Document Type: Article

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