Lifetime glucocorticoid profiles in baleen of right whale calves: potential relationships to chronic stress of repeated wounding by Kelp Gulls
Baleen from stranded carcasses of five right whale calves (four southern and one North Atlantic) contain cortisol and corticosterone patterns that may represent longitudinal profiles of stress exposure over time. Calves with high wounding from Kelp Gulls had markedly higher glucocorticoids in postna...
Published in: | Conservation Physiology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101610/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151197 https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy045 |
Summary: | Baleen from stranded carcasses of five right whale calves (four southern and one North Atlantic) contain cortisol and corticosterone patterns that may represent longitudinal profiles of stress exposure over time. Calves with high wounding from Kelp Gulls had markedly higher glucocorticoids in postnatal baleen than did less wounded and unwounded calves. |
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