Seasonal variation in baseline and maximum whole-body glucocorticoid concentrations in a small-bodied stream fish independent of habitat quality

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-6

  Belanger, Cassia B ^a   Vera Chang, Marilyn N ^b   Moon, Thomas W ^b   Midwood, Jonathan D ^a   Suski, Cory D ^c   Cooke, Steven J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fish; Habitat quality; Seasonality; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FALL SEASON; HABITAT QUALITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; UMBRA LIMI; UMBRIDAE; WINTER; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCORTISONE; RIVERS; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UMBRIDAE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84946833415     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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