Journal article
Effects of maternal stress on egg characteristics in a cooperatively breeding fish
Abstract
Elevated stress experienced by a mother can compromise both her own reproductive success and that of her offspring. In this study, we investigated whether chronically stressed mothers experienced such effects in cooperatively breeding species, in which helpers at the nest potentially compound the negative effects of maternal stress. Using Neolamprologus pulcher, a group-living cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika, we observed the effects of …
Authors
Mileva VR; Gilmour KM; Balshine S
Journal
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Vol. 158, No. 1, pp. 22–29
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.08.017
ISSN
1095-6433