Bioelectrical impedance analysis for adipose tissue estimation in green turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Kophamel Orduña, Sara (2022) Bioelectrical impedance analysis for adipose tissue estimation in green turtles (Chelonia mydas). PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Sara Kophamel developed a non-invasive and portable field method for measuring body fat in green turtles. Her method improves on those currently used and can be expanded for use in other species. Adoption of her method will enhance health assessments in sea turtles and aid conservation and management planning.
Item ID: | 78072 |
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Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
Keywords: | bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), sea turtles, temperature, post-prandial state, resistance, reptile, wildlife health, population assessment, blood analysis, baseline values, Australia |
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Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2022 Sara Kophamel Orduña. |
Additional Information: | For this thesis, Sara Kophamel Orduña received the Dean's Award for Excellence 2023. Four publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publications are: [Chapter 1] Kophamel, Sara, Illing, Björn, Ariel, Ellen, Difalco, Morgan, Skerratt, Lee F., Hamann, Mark, Ward, Leigh C., Méndez, Diana, and Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) Importance of health assessments for conservation in noncaptive wildlife. Conservation Biology, 36 (1). e13724. [Chapter 2] Kophamel, Sara, Ward, Leigh C., Ariel, Ellen, Mendez, Diana, O'Brien, Lauren M., Burchell, Lauren, and Munns, Suzanne L. (2023) A Standardized Protocol for Measuring Bioelectrical Impedance in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 96 (2). pp. 87-99. [Chapter 3] Kophamel, Sara, Rudd, Donna, Ward, Leigh C., Shum, Edith, Ariel, Ellen, Mendez, Diana, Starling, Jemma, Mellers, Renee, Burchell, Richard K., and Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for wild green turtles (Chelonia mydas): a Bayesian approach for small sample sizes. Conservation Physiology, 10 (1). [Chapter 4] Kophamel, Sara, Ward, Leigh C., Konovalov, Dmitry A., Mendez, Diana, Ariel, Ellen, Cassidy, Nathan, Bell, Ian, Balastegui Martínez, María T., and Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) Field‐based adipose tissue quantification in sea turtles using bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy validated with CT scans and deep learning. Ecology and Evolution, 12. |
Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2023 23:37 |
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