The glucocorticoid stress response is repeatable between years in a wild teleost fish

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1189-1196

  Cook, K V ^a   O'Connor, C M ^a   Gilmour, K M ^b   Cooke, S J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fish; Individual variability; Repeatability; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASS; BLOOD; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BASS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HYDROCORTISONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 81555205792     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0680-3     Document Type: Article

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