Physiological colour changes in the red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, following adaptation to blue lighting spectrum

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Szisch, V ^a   van der Salm, A L ^b   Wendelaar Bonga, S E ^b   Pavlidis, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Melanophore stimulating hormone; Pigmentation; Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus); Spectrum; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; MELANIN; MELANOSTATIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FISH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIGHT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MELANOPHORE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SKIN COLOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

MELANOPHORA; PAGRUS; PAGRUS PAGRUS;

EID: 7244227634     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000021719.65318.5a     Document Type: Article

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