Seasonal variation in plasma sex steroid concentrations in juvenile American alligators

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-34

  Rooney, Andrew A ^a,d   Crain, D Andrew ^b   Woodward, Allan R ^c   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

^b MARYVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0344825033     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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