Indices of stress in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus in relation to extreme weather events and exposure to wastewater effluent

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 256-279

  Pottinger, T G ^a   Cook, A ^b   Jurgens M D ^a   Sebire, M ^b   Henrys, P A ^a   Katsiadaki, I ^b   Balaam, J L ^b   Smith, A J ^b   Matthiessen, P ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Old School House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition; Cortisol; Flow rate; Glucose; Stress; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; SMEGMAMORPHA; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCORTISONE; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; SMEGMAMORPHA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 79959916440     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03013.x     Document Type: Article

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