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Quantifying hormones in exhaled breath for physiological assessment of large whales at sea

Exhaled breath analysis is a non-invasive assessment tool that has shown promise in human diagnostics, and could greatly benefit research, management, and conservation of large whales. However, hormone assessment of whale respiratory vapor (blow) has been challenged by variable water content and unk...

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Autores principales: Burgess, Elizabeth A., Hunt, Kathleen E., Kraus, Scott D., Rolland, Rosalind M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28200-8