Seasonal variation in plasma catecholamines and adipose tissue lipolysis in adult female green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-316

  Hamann, Mark ^a,c   Limpus, Colin J ^b   Whittier, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c IUCN Vietnam Office   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Chelonia mydas; Green sea turtle; Lipolysis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLYCEROL; NORADRENALIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHAGIA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; COURTSHIP; DOWN REGULATION; ECOLOGY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LIPOLYSIS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; TURTLE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0037442089     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00624-X     Document Type: Article

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