Stress Hormones and their Regulation in a Captive Dolphin Population
Abstract
The Navy requires an understanding of how markers of stress relate to marine mammal health. This information will inform Navy environmental stewardship efforts and will guide decision making regarding Navy actions with the potential to affect the health of wild marine mammal populations. The research program reported here aids our understanding of how the stress response operates in marine mammals by evaluating markers of stress in a captive dolphin population. It determines baseline levels of putative stress hormones and evaluates the functional consequences of increased stress in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) through the assessment of non-traditional biochemical markers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1013979
Entities
People
- Cory D Champagne
- Dorian S. Houser
Organizations
- National Marine Mammal Foundation