Supraphysiological Cortisol Elevation Alters the Response of Wild Bluegill Sunfish to Subsequent Stressors

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 317, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 321-332

  McConnachie, Sarah H ^a   O'Connor, Constance M ^a   Gilmour, Kathleen M ^b   Iwama, George K ^c   Cooke, Steven J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; HYDROCORTISONE; PERCIFORMES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861009571     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1726     Document Type: Article

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