Seasonal variation in plasma thyroid hormone concentrations in coastal versus inland populations of juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis): Influence of plasma iodide concentrations

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-369

  Boggs, Ashley S P ^a,c   Hamlin, Heather J ^a,b,c   Lowers, Russell H ^d   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Iodide; Season; Thyroid; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

IODIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IODIDE BLOOD LEVEL; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83555166331     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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