Applying generalized linear models as an explanatory tool of sex steroids, thyroid hormones and their relationships with environmental and physiologic factors in immature East Pacific green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Labrada Martagón, Vanessa ^a,b   Méndez Rodríguez, Lia C ^a   Mangel, Marc ^b,c   Zenteno Savín, Tania ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; East Pacific green turtle; Estradiol; Generalized linear models; Health; Multivariate modelling; Testosterone; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TURTLE;

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 84878921790     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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