Acute stress syndrome of the yellow European eel (Anguilla anguilla Linnaeus) when exposed to a graded swimming-load

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-42

  Van Ginneken, Vincent J T ^a   Balm, Paul ^b   Sommandas, Vinod ^a   Onderwater, Marjolijn ^a   Van Den Thillart, Guido ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute stress syndrome; Anguilla anguilla; Cortisol; Eels; Optimal swimming speed; Swim tunnel

Indexed keywords

EEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRESS; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036874147     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854202760405168     Document Type: Article

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