Plasma Ca2+ concentration limits melatonin night production in two fish species

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1405-1413

  Gozdowska, M ^a   Sokolowska E ^a   Kulczykowska, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Flounder; Melatonin; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Plasma Ca2+; Platichthys flesus; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PLATICHTHYS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 2342633142     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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