Endocrine responses to diverse stressors of capture, entanglement and stranding in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)

Limited data on stress physiology exist for leatherback turtles. Examination of 32 leatherback turtles showed that individuals exposed to entanglement, stranding, or entrapment in a weir net had elevated corticosterone and thyroxine compared to healthy controls.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Conservation Physiology

• Publication date

  2016-06-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/conphys/cow022PMID 27413532PMCID 4941596
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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