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  • Title: Plasma corticosterone concentrations associated with acute captivity stress in wild loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta).
    Author: Gregory LF, Gross TS, Bolten AB, Bjorndal KA, Guillette LJ.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 1996 Dec; 104(3):312-20. PubMed ID: 8954764.
    Abstract:
    Plasma corticosterone concentrations were measured in wild loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in response to acute captivity (capture, serial bleeding, and restraint up to 6 hr). In general, concentrations of corticosterone dramatically increased 1 hr after capture, peaked at 3 hr, and decreased by 6 hr. Initial corticosterone concentrations were significantly lower in animals captured by tangle net than in those captured by trawl and were thought to more closely represent baseline levels. Significant effects of season and size class on corticosterone concentrations were found for turtles captured by trawl. Corticosterone concentrations of small turtles captured in summer were higher than those of large turtles captured in the same season and of all turtles captured during winter. In winter, corticosterone concentrations for small turtles were higher than those for large turtles at 3 hr after capture. Large turtles captured during winter experienced the slowest rate of increase in plasma corticosterone and a decline at 3 hr after capture. Although cloacal temperatures were significantly higher in summer samples, corticosterone concentrations of large turtles did not differ between seasons until 1 hr after capture. In addition, several large turtles during summer did not experience an increase in corticosterone concentrations 1 hr after capture. It is possible that the lower corticosterone response of large turtles captured during summer may be associated with reproductive condition.
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