Seasonal variation in plasma thyroxine concentrations in juvenile alligators (Alligators mississippiensis) from three Florida Lakes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-14

  Bermudez, Dieldrich S ^a   Milnes, Matthew R ^a   Bryan, Teresa A ^a   Gunderson, Mark P ^a   Tubbs, Christopher ^a,c   Woodward, Allan R ^b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Alligator mississippiensis; Contaminants; Lake Apopka; Lake Orange; Lake Woodruff; Population variation; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESTRUS CYCLE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASON; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20444406007     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.02.015     Document Type: Article

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