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Stressor controllability modulates the stress response in fish
Cerqueira, Marco; Millot, Sandie; Silva, Tomé; Félix, Ana S.; Castanheira, Maria Filipa; Rey, Sonia; MacKenzie, Simon; Oliveira, Gonçalo A.Background In humans the stress response is known to be modulated to a great extent by psychological factors, particularly by the predictability and the perceived control that the subject has of the stressor. This psychological dimension of the stress response has also been demonstrated in animals phylogenetically closer to humans (i.e. mammals). However, its occurrence in fish, which represent a divergent vert...
Thermal preference predicts animal personality in Nile tilapia Oreochromis nilo...
Cerqueira, Marco; Rey, Sonia; Silva, Tome; Featherstone, Zoe; Crumlish, Margaret; MacKenzie, Simon1. Environmental temperature gradients provide habitat structure in which fish orientate and individual thermal choice may reflect an essential integrated response to the environment. The use of subtle thermal gradients likely impacts upon specific physiological and behavioural processes reflected as a suite of traits described by animal personality. In this study, we examine the relationship between thermal ch...