Free plasma thyroxine levels in coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, during parr-smolt transformation: Comparison with total thyroxine, total triiodothyronine, and growth hormone levels

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-50

  Ebbesson, Lars O E ^a,b   Björnsson, Björn Th ^c   Stefansson, Sigurd O ^d   Ekström, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; Endocrine regulation; Environment; Fish; Plasma proteins; Radioimmunoassay; Smoltification; Teleost

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PLASMA PROTEIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALMON; TELEOST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037794870     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007841517552     Document Type: Article

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