Patterns of lipid storage and mobilisation in the female green sea turtle “Chelonia mydas”

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 485-493

  Hamann, Mark ^a,b   Limpus, C J ^b   Whittier, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b IUCN Vietnam Office   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Atresia; Green sea turtle; Lipid; Reproduction; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG YOLK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EGG YOLK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PROTEINS; TURTLES;

EID: 0036923363     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-002-0271-2     Document Type: Article

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