Species specificity in the magnitude and duration of the acute stress response in Mediterranean marine fish in culture

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-322

  Fanouraki, E ^a   Mylonas, C C ^b   Papandroulakis, N ^b   Pavlidis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Mediterranean fish; Species specificity; Water cortisol

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID;

ACUTE STRESS; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMON DENTEX; COMMON PANDORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUSKY GROUPER; EUROPEAN SEA BRASS; FISH; GILTHEAD SEA BREAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MARINE SPECIES; MEAGRE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARPSNOUT SEA BREAM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79961127644     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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