Cortisol is necessary for seawater tolerance in larvae of a marine teleost the summer flounder

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-121

  Veillette, Philip A ^a   Merino, Maricruz ^a   Marcaccio, Neil D ^a   Garcia, Misty M ^a   Specker, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Flatfish; Metamorphosis; Osmoregulation; Paralichthys dentatus; RU486; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MIFEPRISTONE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FLOUNDER; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT TOLERANCE; TELEOST;

EID: 33846912253     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.12.019     Document Type: Article

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