{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,8]],"date-time":"2026-09-08T07:57:21Z","timestamp":1788854241312,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":58,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,13]],"date-time":"2025-01-13T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1736726400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/termsAndConditions#vor"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["J Exp Zool Pt A"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,4]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>ABSTRACT<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Atlantic Forest broad\u2010snouted caiman (<jats:italic>Caiman latirostris<\/jats:italic>) inhabits regions within one of the world's most ecologically diverse ecosystems, yet few studies have explored the relationship between body condition, blood biochemistry, and environmental factors in the wild. Our study investigated the effects of sex, ontogeny, habitat, and environmental variables on the body condition and blood biochemistry of free\u2010ranging caimans from the state of Alagoas, Northeast Brazil. From 2020 to 2022, we captured 75 caimans across three sites in different seasons. Results revealed sex\u2010specific responses to seasonal and Interannual weather changes, with females showing higher body condition in the wet season, while males peaked in the dry season. Elevated glucose, total protein, albumin, triglycerides, and fructosamine were linked to higher body condition and larger individuals, while elevated aspartate aminotransferase to low body condition. Seasonal rainfall influenced blood parameters, with the dry season associated with higher creatinine, calcium, and alanine aminotransferase levels, and the wet season with higher total protein, sodium, and potassium. Differences in glucose, alkaline phosphatase, and gamma\u2010glutamyl transferase across sites pointed to physiological effects of human activities. Blood biochemical values varied widely, with some exceeding reported species ranges. These findings highlight the need to interpret physiological data within the context of local habitat and environmental conditions. Conservation strategies should go beyond species presence and habitat preservation, incorporating pollution control. Our study advances understanding of <jats:italic>Caiman latirostris<\/jats:italic> ecophysiology, offering valuable insights for the conservation and management of crocodilian populations in both wild and captive environments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/jez.2897","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,13]],"date-time":"2025-01-13T11:55:49Z","timestamp":1736769349000},"page":"383-399","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Body Condition and Blood Biochemistry of Free\u2010Range <i>Caiman latirostris<\/i> in Northeast Brazilian Atlantic Forest"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"343","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0066-6251","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriela Mota","family":"Gama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Programa de P\u00f3s\u2010Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Ecologia, Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luiza Figueiredo","family":"Passos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological and Environmental Sciences James Parsons Building, Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adriano Pereira","family":"Paglia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Programa de P\u00f3s\u2010Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Ecologia, Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil"},{"name":"Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ci\u00eancias Biol\u00f3gicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marcos Eduardo","family":"Coutinho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Programa de P\u00f3s\u2010Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Ecologia, Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil"},{"name":"Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o de R\u00e9pteis e Anf\u00edbios (RAN) Instituto Chico Mendes de Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) Goi\u00e2nia Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_8_2_1","unstructured":"Alagoas. (2006).Plano de Manejo da \u00c1rea de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o Ambiental da Marituba do Peixe(p.217).Secretaria de Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos H\u00eddricos (SEMARH).https:\/\/www2.ima.al.gov.br\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PLANO-DE-MANEJO_APA-DA-MARITUBA.pdf."},{"key":"e_1_2_8_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2022.919488"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00360-017-1103-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.30972\/vet.1914298"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_6_1","first-page":"32","article-title":"Climatologia do Estado de Alagoas. Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento","volume":"211","author":"Barros A. H. C.","year":"2012","journal-title":"EMBRAPA Solos"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11606\/T.91.2016.tde-05072016-153031"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_8_1","first-page":"154","volume-title":"Tratado de animais selvagens","author":"Bassetti L. A. B.","year":"2014"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01650520802507572"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1469-185X.2000.tb00049.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0062127"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1071\/WR07169"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15210\/sah.v9i3.22522"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1590\/0102-77863220001"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_15_1","unstructured":"CITES. (2023).Notification to the Parties No. 2023\/005. Amendments to Appendices I and II of the Convention adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its 19th meeting (Panama 14 \u2013 25 November 2022).https:\/\/cites.org\/sites\/default\/files\/notifications\/E-Notif-2023-005.pdf."},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_8_16_1","first-page":"103","article-title":"Physiological Changes in Serum Glucidic and Nitrogenic Analytes From Captive Argentine Authoctonous Caimans","volume":"17","author":"Coppo J. A.","year":"2006","journal-title":"Revista Veterinaria"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0305-0491(83)90418-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1210\/endo-53-3-311"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.14264\/uql.2018.655"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_8_20_1","first-page":"13","article-title":"Avalia\u00e7\u00e3o do Risco De Extin\u00e7\u00e3o do Jacar\u00e9\u2010de\u2010Papo\u2010Amarelo Caiman Latirostris (Daudin, 1802) No Brasil","volume":"3","author":"Coutinho M. E.","year":"2013","journal-title":"Biodiversidade Brasileira"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_21_1","first-page":"1","volume-title":"Biology of the Reptilia","author":"Dessauer H. C.","year":"1970"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Divers S. J. andS. J.Stahl(2019). \u201cMader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery.\u201d InMader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/C2014-0-03734-3.","DOI":"10.1016\/C2014-0-03734-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1590\/S1519-69842010000500007"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10750-009-9925-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s003600050164"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1071\/9781486300679"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10745-007-9132-7"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7589\/2015-10-275"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-0-08-100506-4.00015-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_30_1","volume-title":"Animal Physiology","author":"Hill R. W.","year":"2016"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_31_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/4797"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_32_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/3545585"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1098\/rspb.2006.3741"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_34_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3733\/hilg.v06n11p315"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_35_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3354\/meps13425"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_36_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0706.2013.00755.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_37_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4102\/jsava.v78i3.305"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_38_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/1564468"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_8_39_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Population Structure of the Broad\u2010Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) in Natural and Man\u2010Made Water Bodies Associated With a Silvicultural Landscape","volume":"52","author":"Marques T. S.","year":"2016","journal-title":"Salamandra"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_40_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ecolind.2008.06.008"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_41_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2173\/bow.yebtit4.01"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_42_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/jez.2705"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_43_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1643\/CH-11-136"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_44_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/35002501"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_45_1","volume-title":"Avalia\u00e7\u00e3o da sa\u00fade de jacar\u00e9s\u2010de\u2010papo\u2010amarelo (Caiman latirostris) em condi\u00e7\u00f5es in situ e ex situ no Esp\u00edrito Santo, sudeste do Brasil","author":"N\u00f3brega Y. C.","year":"2017"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_46_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mrgentox.2024.503772"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_47_1","first-page":"223","article-title":"Demographic and Growth Analysis of Broad Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) in a Disturbed Environment in Southeastern Brazil","volume":"24","author":"Passos L. F.","year":"2014","journal-title":"Herpetological Journal"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_48_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mrgentox.2007.12.001"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_49_1","volume-title":"R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing","author":"R Core Team","year":"2023"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_50_1","first-page":"677","article-title":"Communal Nesting of Broad\u2010Snouted Caiman, Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802), in a Protected Area of Atlantic Forest in Northeastern Brazil","volume":"14","author":"Rodrigues C. F. S. N.","year":"2021","journal-title":"Herpetology Notes"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_51_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/toxics10120735"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_52_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/etc.5823"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_53_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Siroski P. L. A. B.Bassetti C.Pi\u00f1a andA.Larriera(2020).Caiman latirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2305\/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T46585A3009813.en.","DOI":"10.2305\/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T46585A3009813.en"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_54_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/brv.12594"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_55_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mce.2020.110918"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_56_1","first-page":"228","volume-title":"Crocodiles: Their Ecology, Management, and Conservation","author":"Thorbjarnarson J. B.","year":"1989"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_57_1","first-page":"31","article-title":"Perfil Bioqu\u00edmico Sangu\u00edneo De De Las Especies Argentinas Del G\u00e9nero Caiman En Condiciones De Cautividad","volume":"11","author":"Troiano J. C.","year":"1997","journal-title":"Revista Espa\u00f1ola de Herpetolog\u00eda"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_58_1","first-page":"80","article-title":"The S\u00e3o Francisco River \u2018Codfish': The Northernmost Populations of the Broad\u2010Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)","volume":"20","author":"Verdade L. M.","year":"2001","journal-title":"Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_59_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1670\/10-158.1"}],"container-title":["Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/jez.2897","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,8]],"date-time":"2025-03-08T08:05:15Z","timestamp":1741421115000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jez.2897"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,13]]},"references-count":58,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,4]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1002\/jez.2897"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jez.2897","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["2471-5638","2471-5646"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2471-5638","type":"print"},{"value":"2471-5646","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,13]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2024-06-01","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2024-12-10","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2025-01-13","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}