Accession Number:

AD1013956

Title:

Measuring and Validating Levels of Steroid Hormones in the Skin of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus)

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Aarhus University Aarhus Denmark

Personal Author(s):

• Bechshoft,Thea

Report Date:

2015-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

2.0

Abstract:

Our research group, under PI Thea Bechshft, has recently shown that it is possible to extract and measure hormones in cetacean skin Bechshoft et al. 2015. The goal of this project is to expand on the developed method by extracting and quantifying the concentration of a wider range of steroid hormones in cetacean skin, including corticosteroids, estrogens, androgens, and progestagens.

Descriptors:

• DOLPHINS MAMMALS
• SKIN ANATOMY
• CETACEA
• marine animals
• steroids
• hormones
• CORTISONE
• ESTROGENS
• ANDROGENS
• physiological effects
• validation
• stress physiology

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE