The effect of hypoxia on sex hormones in an African cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-30

  Friesen, Caitlin N ^a   Aubin Horth, Nadia ^b   Chapman, Lauren J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Estradiol; Fish; Freshwater; Oxygen; Reproduction; Steroid hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PSUEDOCRENILABRUS MULTICOLOR; REPRODUCTION; UGANDA;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; PISCES; PSEUDOCRENILABRUS MULTICOLOR VICTORIAE;

EID: 84858343026     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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