THE ECOLOGY OF STRESS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE ON STRESS IN WILD CENTRARCHID FISHES

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST OF FIGURES xii LIST OF TABLES xvi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xx PREFACE Thesis format xxiii Contribution of co-authors xxiv Selection of chapters xxv CHAPTER 1: General introduction 1.1. Stress: a physiological perspective 1 1.2. Stress: a life history perspective 3 1.3. Using trade-offs in reproductive investment to test the physiology/life-history nexus 5 1.4. Applying the framework of the physiology/life-history nexus 6 1.5. An introduction to the black bass 8 1.6. Synthesis 10 1.7. Tables 12