Keeping track of time under ice and snow in a sub-arctic lake: Plasma melatonin rhythms in Arctic charr overwintering under natural conditions

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Strand, Jo Espen Tau ^a   Aarseth, Jo Jorem ^a   Hanebrekke, Tanja Lexau ^a   Jørgensen, Even Hjalmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Irradiance; Lake; Melatonin; Migration; Smoltification

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; PINEAL BODY; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; MELATONIN; SEASONS; TROUT;

EID: 40849114844     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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