The effects of hurricane rita and subsequent drought on alligators in Southwest Louisiana

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313 A, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-113

  Lance, Valentine A ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^b   Butterstein, George ^b   Trosclair III, Phillip L ^b   Merchant, Mark ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^c MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; FEMALE; HURRICANE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOUISIANA; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; ILEX;

EID: 76749120620     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.577     Document Type: Article

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