Understanding the Onset of Health Impacts Caused by Disturbances

Abstract

Here we propose to make use of the recent advances in transcriptomics and metabolomics to define adequate ecological health indicators for marine mammals. We distinguish such measures from currently used health indicators as primarily focusing in defining the capacity of an individual to contribute, through survival and reproduction, to its population. We aim to develop these health ecological indicators that can be related to both changes in activity caused by disturbances as well as individuals demographic contributions. These indicators will define the PCoD Health stage in a way that we can start to integrate ecological and physiological PCoD research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014257

Entities

People

  • David Lusseau

Organizations

  • University of Aberdeen

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adipose Tissue
  • Body Composition
  • Body Weight
  • Cetaceans
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Connective Tissue
  • Ecology
  • Gene Expression
  • Genes
  • Hypothalamus
  • Indicators
  • Investments
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Metabolism
  • Metabolomics
  • Tissues

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Medicine

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