Analysis of fecal glucocorticoids in the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 260-272

  Hunt, Kathleen E ^a   Rolland, Rosalind M ^b   Kraus, Scott D ^b   Wasser, Samuel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Baleen whale; Cetacean; Conservation; Cross reactivity; Fecal hormones; Glucocorticoids; HPLC; Noninvasive; Right whale; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; IODINE 125; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATION; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEROID ANALYSIS; WHALE;

EID: 33746718688     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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