Adrenal corticotropin hormone and nestling bald eagle corticosterone levels

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-360

  Bowerman, W W ^a   Mehne, C J ^b   Best, D A ^c   Refsal, K R ^d   Lombardini, S ^d   Bridges, W C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal Clinic   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SURVIVAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; RAPTORS;

CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036523553     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280261     Document Type: Article

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