Temporal and spatial variation in plasma thyroxine (T4) concentrations in Juvenile alligators collected from Lake Okeechobee and the Northern Everglades, Florida, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 914-921

  Gunderson, Mark P ^a   Bermudez, Dieldrich S ^a   Bryan, Teresa A ^a   Crain, D Andrew ^b   Degala, Satish ^a   Edwards, Thea M ^a   Kools, Stefan A E ^a   Milnes, Matthew R ^a   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b MARYVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Everglades; Spatial variation; Temporal variation; Variance

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

THYROXINE;

POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPTILE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLIGATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036590247     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<0914:TASVIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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