Accession Number:

ADA598091

Title:

Variability of Hormonal Stress Markers Collected from a Managed Dolphin Population

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

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

Report Date:

2013-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

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.

Descriptors:

• *HORMONES
• DOLPHINS(MAMMALS)
• PHYSIOLOGY
• POPULATION
• STRESSES

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE