Monitoring total androgen concentrations in saliva from captive Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus Schauinslandi)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 304-310

  Theodorou, J ^a   Atkinson, S ^b  

^a Waikiki Aquarium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAWAIIA; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 2642714140     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00718.x     Document Type: Article

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