Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Multiple Stressors on Marine Mammals - Elephant Seals as a Model System
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Sep 2020 to Sep 2023
Funding Amount
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$240,896
This project is a multi-investigator interdisciplinary study using the northern elephant seal as a model system to significantly improve our understanding of the response of marine mammals to exposure from multiple anthropogenic stressors. Our team will integrate physiological and ecological approaches including immunology, stress physiology, toxicology, animal behavior, population biology, and life history theory to examine cumulative effects of exposure to multiple stressors in elephant seals.