Non-invasive measurement of 11-ketotestosterone, cortisol and androstenedione in male three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-38

  Sebire, Marion ^a   Katsiadaki, Ioanna ^a   Scott, Alexander P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Androstenedione; Behaviour; Cortisol; Endocrine disruption; Non invasive method; Stickleback; Stress

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34247543900     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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