Stress Hormones and Their Regulation in a Captive Dolphin Population

Abstract

This research aids our understanding of how the stress response operates in marine mammals by evaluating markers of stress in a captive dolphin population. This research effort will determine baseline levels of putative stress hormones and evaluate the functional consequences of increased stress in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) through the assessment of non-traditional biochemical markers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA617508

Entities

People

  • Cory D Champagne
  • Dorian S. Houser

Organizations

  • National Marine Mammal Foundation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aldosterone
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Chemistry
  • Cortisol
  • Hormones
  • Information Operations
  • Law
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Materials
  • Metabolic Pathways
  • Metabolomics
  • Pituitary And Hypothalamic Hormones And Analogues
  • Proteins
  • Regulations
  • Sensitivity
  • Stress Tests

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
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