Cohesive social behaviour shortens the stress response: The effects of conspecifics on the stress response in lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-104

  Allen, P J ^a,b   Barth, C C ^a,b   Peake, S J ^a   Abrahams, M V ^b   Anderson, W G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Glucose; Group; Ion; Isolation; Lactate

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; FISH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY SIZE; FISHES; HYDROCORTISONE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 58549085052     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02112.x     Document Type: Article

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