Effects of moonlight exposure on plasma melatonin rhythms in the seagrass rabbitfish, Siganus canaliculatus

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-334

  Rahman, Md Saydur ^a,b   Kim, Byung Ho ^c   Takemura, Akihiro ^b   Park, Chang Bum ^c   Lee, Young Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c Cheju National University ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lunar cycle; Melatonin; Moonlight; Plasma; Rabbitfish

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; FEMALE; FISH; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MOON; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGANUS CANALICULATUS; SPAWNING;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LIGHT; MELATONIN; MOON; PERCIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; HALOPHILA; SIGANUS; SIGANUS CANALICULATUS;

EID: 3242708532     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730404266712     Document Type: Article

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