Stress indicators in fish

NM Sopinka, MR Donaldson, CM O'Connor, CD Suski… - Fish physiology, 2016 - Elsevier
1. Why Do We Measure Stress? 2. Quantifying Stress 3. Specific Measures of Fish Stress
3.1. Cellular and Molecular Indicators 3.2. Primary and Secondary Physiological Indicators …

[PDF][PDF] Glucocorticoid-mediated phenotypes in vertebrates: multilevel variation and evolution

M Hau, S Casagrande, JQ Ouyang… - Advances in the Study of …, 2016 - baughlab.org
Fluctuations in abiotic and biotic conditions exist in almost all habitats (Dunlap, Loros, &
DeCoursey, 2004; Stevenson et al., 2015). Some fluctuations like the alternation between …

Opening the black box of developmental experiments: Behavioural mechanisms underlying long‐term effects of early social experience

B Taborsky - Ethology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Typically, animals spend a considerable portion of their time with social interactions
involving mates, offspring, competitors and group members. The social performance during …

Sex‐specific fitness effects of unpredictable early life conditions are associated with DNA methylation in the avian glucocorticoid receptor

DR Rubenstein, H Skolnik, A Berrio… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms can adapt to variable environments by using environmental cues to modulate
developmental gene expression. In principle, maternal influences can adaptively adjust …

Glucocorticoid manipulations in free‐living animals: considerations of dose delivery, life‐history context and reproductive state

GT Crossin, OP Love, SJ Cooke… - Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental glucocorticoid (GC) manipulations can be useful for identifying the
mechanisms that drive life‐history and fitness variation in free‐living animals, but predicting …

Forecasting the relative influence of environmental and anthropogenic stressors on polar bears

TC Atwood, BG Marcot, DC Douglas, SC Amstrup… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Effective conservation planning requires understanding and ranking threats to wildlife
populations. We developed a Bayesian network model to evaluate the relative influence of …

Parity modifies the effects of fluoxetine and corticosterone on behavior, stress reactivity, and hippocampal neurogenesis

JL Workman, AR Gobinath, NF Kitay, C Chow… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
The postpartum confers considerable risk for developing depression. Depressed patients
have elevated cortisol concentrations and impaired hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) …

Experimental evidence for within‐and cross‐seasonal effects of fear on survival and reproduction

KH Elliott, GS Betini, I Dworkin… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fear of predation can have non‐lethal effects on individuals within a season but whether,
and to what extent, these effects carry over into subsequent seasons is not known. Using a …

Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird

EK Bowers, RM Bowden, CF Thompson… - Hormones and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Glucocorticoids circulating in breeding birds during egg production accumulate within eggs,
and may provide a potent form of maternal effect on offspring phenotype. However, whether …

Weaned age variation in the Virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei): influential factors

W Eckardt, K Fawcett, AW Fletcher - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2016 - Springer
Weaning marks an important milestone during life history in mammals indicating nutritional
independence from the mother. Age at weaning is a key measure of maternal investment …