Physiological effects of dominance hierarchies within groups of brown trout, Salmo trutta, held under simulated natural conditions

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-20

  Sloman, K A ^a   Gilmour, K M ^a,b   Taylor, A C ^a   Metcalfe, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloride cells; Condition; Cortisol; Growth rate; Salmonid; Social stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; GILL; GROWTH RATE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TROUT;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 0034090881     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007837400713     Document Type: Article

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