Variability of Hormonal Stress Markers Collected from a Managed Dolphin Population

Abstract

Quantifying physiological indicators of stress in wild marine mammals and the interrelationships between different stress markers can be used to estimate the impact of anthropogenic stressors on marine mammal populations. The United States Navy, as part of its environmental stewardship, can utilize stress markers to assess the acute and chronic impacts that its actions might have on marine mammals. This approach would permit better mitigation of potential impacts and ensure that Navy activities do not come at a deleterious cost to marine mammal populations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA617510

Entities

People

  • Dorian S. Houser
  • John F. Cockrem
  • Nick Kellar
  • Samuel Wasser
  • Tracy Romano

Organizations

  • National Marine Mammal Foundation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aldosterone
  • Animals
  • Blood
  • Catecholamines
  • Cortisol
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Hormones
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • New Zealand
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Pilot Studies
  • Pituitary And Hypothalamic Hormones And Analogues
  • Stress Tests
  • Thyroid Hormones

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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