Assessing variation in faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in gray whales exposed to anthropogenic stressors

Pirotta, Enrico; Fernandez Ajó, Alejandro; Bierlich, KC; Bird, Clara N.; Buck, C. Loren; Haver, Samara M.; Haxel, Joseph H.; Hildebrand, Lisa; Hunt, Kathleen E.; Lemos, Leila S.; New, Leslie; Torres, Leigh G.

doi:10.1093/conphys/coad082

Assessing variation in faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in gray whales exposed to anthropogenic stressors

Journal Article · Sat Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Conservation Physiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad082· OSTI ID:2339859

^[1]; Fernandez Ajó, Alejandro ^[2]; Bierlich, KC ^[2]; Bird, Clara N. ^[2]; Buck, C. Loren ^[3]; Haver, Samara M. ^[2]; ^[4]; Hildebrand, Lisa ^[2]; Hunt, Kathleen E. ^[5]; ^[6]; New, Leslie ^[7]; Torres, Leigh G. ^[2]

University of St. Andrews, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Oregon State University, Newport, OR (United States)
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (United States)
Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL (United States)
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA (United States)

Understanding how individual animals respond to stressors behaviourally and physiologically is a critical step towards quantifying long-term population consequences and informing management efforts. Glucocorticoid (GC) metabolite accumulation in various matrices provides an integrated measure of adrenal activation in baleen whales and could thus be used to investigate physiological changes following exposure to stressors. In this study, we measured GC concentrations in faecal samples of Pacific Coast Feeding Group (PCFG) gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) collected over seven consecutive years to assess the association between GC content and metrics of exposure to sound levels and vessel traffic at different temporal scales, while controlling for contextual variables such as sex, reproductive status, age, body condition, year, time of year and location. We develop a Bayesian Generalized Additive Modelling approach that accommodates the many complexities of these data, including non-linear variation in hormone concentrations, missing covariate values, repeated samples, sampling variability and some hormone concentrations below the limit of detection. Estimated relationships showed large variability, but emerging patterns indicate a strong context-dependency of physiological variation, depending on sex, body condition and proximity to a port. Our results highlight the need to control for baseline hormone variation related to context, which otherwise can obscure the functional relationship between faecal GCs and stressor exposure. Therefore, extensive data collection to determine sources of baseline variation in well-studied populations, such as PCFG gray whales, could shed light on cetacean stress physiology and be used to extend applicability to less-well-studied taxa. GC analyses may offer greatest utility when employed as part of a suite of markers that, in aggregate, provide a multivariate measure of physiological status, better informing estimates of individuals’ health and ultimately the consequences of anthropogenic stressors on populations.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development; Brazil’s Science Without Borders; National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Naval Research (ONR); Oregon State University; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2339859

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--191843

Journal Information:: Conservation Physiology, Journal Name: Conservation Physiology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 2051-1434

Publisher:: Oxford University Press and Society for Experimental BiologyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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