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Table 4 Mean (± standard error) stress hormone concentrations at capture and recovery for the four translocated seals

From: Development of an animal-borne “sonar tag” for quantifying prey availability: test deployments on northern elephant seals

 

Cortisol (nM)

EPI (pM)

NE (nM)

ACTH (pM)

Capture

181 (68)

273 (32)

1.75 (0.22)

4.1 (0.8)

Recovery

126 (26)

258 (12)

1.58 (0.15)

3.0 (0.2)

p value

p = 0.56

p = 0.65

p = 0.51

p = 0.32

  1. p values are for a paired t test comparing hormone concentrations at capture and recovery
  2. EPI epinephrine, NE norepinephrine, ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone
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Animal Biotelemetry

ISSN: 2050-3385