Cold stress is physiologically combated by shivering, accumulation of body fat, circulatory adaptations ( that provide an efficient transfer of heat to the epidermis ), and increased blood flow to the extremities.
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According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservations Commission ( 2010 ), a recorded 237 manatees died that year with 42 % of those fatalities being a result of cold stress syndrome.
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The combination of these systems with fluorometers, can be especially effective for some types of stress, and can be diagnostic, e . g . in the study of cold stress and drought stress.
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Boating groups argue regulators would be better off addressing natural factors that kill manatees, such as cold stress or sporadic episodes of red tide, an algae that produces toxins fatal to many species.
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Its main aim was to ensure that employers provided their employees with an environment free from recognized hazards, such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions.
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Chlorazepate if used late in pregnancy, the third trimester, causes a definite risk a severe benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome in the neonate with symptoms including hypotonia, and reluctance to suck, to apnoeic spells, cyanosis, and impaired metabolic responses to cold stress.
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:" Hurricanes, cold stress, red tide poisoning and a variety of other maladies threaten manatees, but by far their greatest danger is from watercraft strikes, which account for about a quarter of Florida manatee deaths, " said study curator John Jett.
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The northern short-tailed shrew has a high mortality rate, though it attempts to escape predation by remaining hidden under vegetation, soil, leaf litter, or snow; only 6 % of a marked group of shrews survived to the next year, and winter mortality of 90 % has been recorded, probably due to cold stress.
