Environmental concentrations of metformin exposure affect aggressive behavior in the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

Ronald David MacLaren; Kathryn Wisniewski; Christina MacLaren

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197259

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Environmental concentrations of metformin exposure affect aggressive behavior in the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

Ronald David MacLaren ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: maclarenr@merrimack.edu

Affiliation Merrimack College Department of Biology, North Andover, MA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-5391

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Kathryn Wisniewski,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Merrimack College Department of Biology, North Andover, MA, United States of America
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Christina MacLaren

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Merrimack College Department of Biology, North Andover, MA, United States of America
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Environmental concentrations of metformin exposure affect aggressive behavior in the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

Ronald David MacLaren,
Kathryn Wisniewski,
Christina MacLaren

Published: May 15, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197259

About the Authors

Ronald David MacLaren

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: maclarenr@merrimack.edu

Affiliation Merrimack College Department of Biology, North Andover, MA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-5391

Kathryn Wisniewski

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Merrimack College Department of Biology, North Andover, MA, United States of America

Christina MacLaren

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Merrimack College Department of Biology, North Andover, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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