Stress and parental care in a wild teleost fish: Insights from exogenous supraphysiological cortisol implants

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 709-719

  O'Connor, Constance M ^a   Gilmour, Kathleen M ^b   Arlinghaus, Robert ^c,d   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^e   Cooke, Steven J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOENERGETICS; METABOLISM; PARENTAL CARE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STEROL; TELEOST; WILD POPULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNITY; MALE; NESTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BASS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; SAPROLEGNIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 73449138408     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605914     Document Type: Article

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