ArticleConservation physiology2021
Stress and reproductive events detected in North Atlantic right whale blubber using a simplified hormone extraction protocol.
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- Assessing oceans' health through biopsy sampling in free-ranging marine mammals: a systematic review (2014-2024).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Pooled it
- A sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analytical method of steroid hormones in small blubber samples from four whale species.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Comprehensive assessment of the physical and health features of the threatened Araguaian River dolphin Inia araguaiaensis.PloS one · 2025Article
- Can blubber steroid hormone measurements reveal reproductive state in narwhals?Conservation physiology · 2024Article
- Estimating pregnancy rate from blubber progesterone levels of a blindly biopsied beluga population poses methodological, analytical and statistical challenges.Conservation physiology · 2023Article
- Variation in blubber cortisol levels in a recovering humpback whale population inhabiting a rapidly changing environment.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- North Atlantic right whales: 2017-present.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2021Article
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Abstract
As studies quantifying steroid hormones in marine mammal blubber progress, methodological refinements may improve the utility and consistency of blubber hormone measurements. This study advances blubber extraction methodologies by testing a simplified extraction protocol that reduces time and complexity compared to a protocol widely used in cetacean blubber studies. Using blubber samples archived from remote biopsy (
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