Developing a new research tool for use in free-ranging cetaceans: recovering cortisol from harbour porpoise skin | Zendy

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Developing a new research tool for use in free-ranging cetaceans: recovering cortisol from harbour porpoise skin

Author(s) -

Thea Bechshøft,

Andrew Wright,

Johan Juhl Weisser,

Jonas Teilmann,

Runé Dietz,

Martin Hansen,

Erland Björklund,

Bjarne Styrishave

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cov016

Subject(s) - biology , porpoise , phocoena , zoology , extraction (chemistry) , dorsum , chromatography , anatomy , chemistry , harbour , computer science , programming language

In this paper we present a new analytical method that allows the extraction of the stress hormone cortisol from naturally sloughed cetacean skin cells. Skin cortisol is unaffected by short-term cortisol fluctuations and could thus be used to assess chronic stress levels in cetaceans.

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