Changes in blood testosterone and progesterone concentrations of the North Atlantic minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) during the feeding season

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 230-237

  Kjeld, Matthías ^a   Alfredsson, Árni ^a   Ólafsson, Örn ^a   Tryland, Morten ^b   Christensen, Ivar ^c   Stuen, Snorre ^b   Árnason, Alfred ^d  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Blood Bank   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2942628051     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-159     Document Type: Article

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