Chronic social stress impairs thermal tolerance in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchusmykiss)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1721-1731

  LeBlanc, Sacha ^a   Middleton, Stephen ^a   Gilmour, Kathleen M ^b   Currie, Suzanne ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Cortisol; Dominance hierarchy; Heat shock protein; Rainbow trout; Social stress; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYDROCORTISONE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79955611121     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.056135     Document Type: Article

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