Diurnal and seasonal patterns in corticosterone in the Turks and caicos Iguana (Cyclura carinata carinata)

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-272

  MacDonald, Edy A ^a   Czekala, N M ^a   Gerber, G P ^a   Alberts, A C ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahama Archipelago; Caribbean; Circadian; Glucocorticoid; Hormones; Indies; Radioimmunoassay; Reptile; West

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; HORMONE; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; CYCLURA CARINATA CARINATA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 44649147638     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v43i2.a12     Document Type: Article

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