This thesis proposed to elucidate the relationship between stress and long-term behaviour
and survival in fish. The first study investigated whether" carryover" effects of stress influence …

Wild fish are frequently exposed to multiple stressors, but the influence of previous or
ongoing stress on an animal's subsequent response is poorly understood. Using wild …

Fish, like most other animals, use stress response systems when confronted with negative
stimuli. Stress responses are important in the case of natural negative stimuli as they …

The adaptive glucocorticoid (GC) stress response exhibits substantial inter-individual
variation that is thought to mediate behaviour and fitness but results remain inconclusive …

In semelparous Pacific salmon, increased cortisol levels accompany sexual maturation and
may be related to the rapid senescence and death that occur after spawning. In fish with …

Stress can have sublethal effects that are manifested either immediately or at spatial or
temporal scales that are removed from the stress event (ie, carryover effects). We tested …

Previous reviews of stress, and the stress hormone cortisol, in fish have focussed on
physiology, due to interest in impacts on aquaculture production. Here, we discuss cortisol in …

Intensive husbandry production systems such as aquaculture may be stressful to the
animals. In teleost fish, like in other vertebrates, individual differences in neuroendocrine …

In this study, we explored the growth, survival, and potential population-level effects of short-
term experimentally induced stress in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Cortisol …

Combinations of stressors occur regularly throughout an animal's life, especially in
agriculture and aquaculture settings. If an animal fails to acclimate to these stressors, stress …