Effect of tidal cycle and food intake on the baseline plasma corticosterone rhythm in intertidally foraging marine iguanas

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-222

  Woodley, Sarah K ^a,d   Painter, Danika L ^a   Moore, Michael C ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^b   Michael Romero, L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diel; Food intake; Free living; Glucocorticoids; Photoperiod; Reptile; Temperature; Tide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; EATING; EBB TIDE; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOOD TIDE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING; LIZARD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDE;

EID: 0038277047     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00085-6     Document Type: Article

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