Condition dependent intra-individual repeatability of stress-induced cortisol in a freshwater fish

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-343

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

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condition factor; Cortisol; Fish; Glucocorticoid secretion; Individual variation; Lepomis macrochirus; Repeatability; Stress response

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FRESHWATER FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; STRESS; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84856115864     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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