What Can Dolphin Exhalations Tell Us About Their Health and Reproduction?
Jan 06, 2004
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Volatile organic compounds in exhalant breath are a reflection of biochemical constituents circulating in the blood. Non-invasive monitoring of such compounds may give health, reproductive, physiological and seasonal information about wild dolphins. For the last several years we have been collecting the exhaled breaths of Sarasota Bay dolphins during health assessment sessions. From a conservation [...]





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