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Climate variability and life history impact stress, thyroid, and immune markers in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) during El Niño conditions

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Ocean warming events, such as the recent 2015 El Niño in the California current ecosystem, and demanding life stages, such as reproduction, can cause chronic stress in sea lions. We… Click to show full abstract

Ocean warming events, such as the recent 2015 El Niño in the California current ecosystem, and demanding life stages, such as reproduction, can cause chronic stress in sea lions. We demonstrate that stress hormones are associated with metabolism and immune markers in chronically stressed animals.

Keywords: stress; immune markers; sea lions; life

Journal Title: Conservation Physiology
Year Published: 2019

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