Corticosteroid receptor dynamics and smolting in hatchery-reared and wild coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

Seasonal changes in corticosteroid receptors (CR) in the gills of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were examined to determine what effect smolting and rearing environment had on gill tissue sensitivity to cortisol. CR concentration and affinity were found to change seasonally with the increases in...

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Main Author: Shrimpton, James M.
Language:English
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2274