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Baleen hormones: a novel tool for retrospective assessment of stress and reproduction in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

Arctic marine mammals are facing increasing levels of many anthropogenic stressors. Novel tools are needed for assessment of stress physiology and potential impacts of these stressors on health, reproduction and survival. We have investigated baleen as a possible novel tissue type for retrospective...

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Autores principales: Hunt, Kathleen E., Stimmelmayr, Raphaela, George, Craig, Hanns, Cyd, Suydam, Robert, Brower, Harry, Rolland, Rosalind M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cou030