title: Visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging and simulated predation risk elicit similar physiological stress responses in three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.
abstract: The effect of visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging on the immediate physiological stress response was tested in female three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, using non-invasive waterborne cortisol analysis. Post-tagging cortisol levels were significantly higher compared with pretreatment baseline concentrations; however, when comparing post-tagging cortisol levels with cortisol levels after exposure to a simulated aerial predator, no significant differences were found. This study indicates that VIE tagging elicits a physiological stress response similar to those occurring in the everyday lives of this important biological model organism.
authors: College of Science, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, SA2 8PP, Swansea, U.K.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Fürtbauer
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: King
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Heistermann
mesh_terms: D000823:Animal Identification Systems; D000818:Animals; D020724:Elastomers; D005260:Female; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000032:analysis*; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D020724:Elastomers; D006854:Hydrocortisone
keywords: cortisol; individual identification; simulated predator; waterborne hormone analysis