Morphologic effects of the stress response in fish

ILAR Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-396

  Harper, Claudia ^a   Wolf, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Crowding; Fish; Handling; Histology; Nutrition; Salinity; Stress; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77649227440     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.50.4.387     Document Type: Review

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