Anadromous fish are vulnerable to anthropogenic and environmental stressors including
pollution, rising temperatures, and changes in food availability. Knowledge of how fish …

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 …

Accurate and controlled methods to measure physiological stress are crucial to effectively
monitor and assess the health of wildlife populations and evaluate resilience to external …

I investigated changes in plasma cortisol concentration over time in juvenile salmonids
subjected to various stressors that might be encountered in their normal life cycle. This work …

Increased cortisol production and oxygen consumption are commonly used as indicators for
stress in most fish species. For comparative studies measuring acute stress responsiveness …

The Atlantic salmon is a species of great importance culturally, economically and
ecologically. Recent declines suffered by many populations have been linked to marine …

Measurement of cortisol in fish scales is attracting considerable attention as a non-invasive
indicator of chronic stress in wild populations. For many fish species of management and …

The sustainability of commercial aquaculture production depends critically on prioritizing fish
welfare management. Besides monitoring welfare parameters such as fish behaviour and …

Fish are subjected to a variety of stressors under common cage aquaculture conditions.
While short-term exposure to a stressor often results in an adaptive response to cope with …

Abstract Farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) are subject to a variety of stressors
throughout production. Elevations of cortisol level in the blood are one of the major …