Seasonal reliability of testosterone radioimmunoassay (RIA) for predicting sex ratios of juvenile loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtles

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-284

  Braun Mcneill, Joanne ^a   Epperly, Sheryan P ^b   Owens, David W ^c   Avens, Larisa ^a   Williams, Erik ^a   Harms, Craig A ^d  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c School of Business   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Laparoscopy; Loggerhead sea turtle; Radioimmunoassay; Sex ratio; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; IMMUNOASSAY; JUVENILE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TESTOSTERONE; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CORE SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 35548978388     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[275:SROTRR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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