Angiotensin II and aldosterone increase with fasting in breeding adult male northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1106-1112

  Ortiz, Rudy M ^a,d   Crocker, Daniel E ^b   Houser, Dorian S ^b   Webb, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II;

BLOOD; BREEDING POPULATION; ELECTROLYTE; FASTING; HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; OSMOREGULATION; PEPTIDE; PINNIPED; SAMPLING; TURNOVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FASTING; MALE; SEALS, EARLESS; TIME FACTORS;

MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 33750898773     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505996     Document Type: Article

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