Effects of water salinity on melatonin levels in plasma and peripheral tissues and on melatonin binding sites in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-490

  Lopez Olmeda J F ^a   Oliveira, C ^a   Kalamarz, H ^b   Kulczykowska, E ^b   Delgado, M J ^c   Sanchez Vazquez F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dicentrarchus labrax; Melatonin; Melatonin binding sites; Salinity; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 60449108949     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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