Hormone changes indicate that winter is a critical period for food shortages in Steller sea lions

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 573-583

  Rosen, David A S ^a   Kumagai, Saeko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hormones; Nutritional stress; Sea lions

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAL; SEASON; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; SEA LIONS; SEASONS; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 44849131978     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0247-3     Document Type: Article

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