Measuring water-borne cortisol in Poecilia latipinna: Is the process stressful, can stress be minimized and is cortisol correlated with sex steroid release rates?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1327-1339

  Gabor, C R ^a   Contreras, A ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormone; Live bearing fish; Sailfin mollies; Validation

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; POECILIA; STEROIDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

PISCES; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 84866002367     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03411.x     Document Type: Article

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